Identify someone in the district as a point person between child care and youth development programs and share the contact information with those programs.Below are some easy ways to help families and communities manage back to school as successfully as possible: Schools can take steps to support students and families by engaging with local child care and youth development programs to ensure good communication channels are in place especially around children who are served in common. As the pandemic continues, many programs are facing staffing and funding challenges due to fluctuating enrollment. Working together in the months and years ahead will also help ensure that the child/youth-serving sector can continue to thrive so that families have access to the programs they need. Increased collaboration and communication between schools and child/youth-serving community-based providers will be important for maintaining safety and continuity for children between school and programs, especially if there are instances of COVID-19 exposure. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, these programs have offered academic and social-emotional support access to computers and Wi-Fi provided meals and snacks connected students and families to financial, health, and other resources for families. Options for Instructional Funding Models in 2021–22 (Published May 21, 2021)Īs schools bring students back this fall, child care and youth development programs, like before and after school care, tutoring/mentoring, and wrap-around services, will be an important part of the support system families rely on.Additional Continuous Learning 2.0+ Guidance, which outlines requirements and recommendations for schools to continue serving students during quarantine (Published September 22, 2021).Letter to Superintendents: Addressing Food & Labor Shortages (Sent September 24, 2021).Schools are not required to follow the strategies included in the guidance. In addition to the required schools' guidance, DOH has published a supplemental guidance document with considerations for schools in reducing virus transmission. Requirements and Guidance for Preventing COVID-19 (Department of Labor & Industries).Requirements and Guidance to Mitigate COVID-19 Transmission in K-12 Schools, Child Care, Early Learning, Youth Development, and Day Camp Programs (Department of Health).“We expect a large scale outbreak in weeks,” said Duchin, adding that it would be “the infectious disease equivalent of a major earthquake.Schools are required, by order of the Governor, to follow the following health and safety guidance: Schools should be prepared to close for weeks or months, said Jeffrey Duchin, health officer for Seattle and King County. “Temporarily banning social and recreational gatherings will help ensure a health crisis does not become a humanitarian disaster,” said King County Executive Dow Constantine. The Washington ban on gatherings, such as the opening game of the Seattle Mariners, is set to last through March and was likely to be extended, Inslee said, adding that the state had “legal means” to enforce the restrictions. The move followed New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s decision on Tuesday to close schools, houses of worship and large gatherings in part of New York City suburb New Rochelle to counter an outbreak. They came as Washington reported 366 coronavirus cases, more than a quarter of the national total, and 29 deaths of the 32 recorded across the country. The moves represented the most aggressive “social-distancing” actions to date by any U.S. Seattle Public Schools later announced they would close for at least two weeks starting Thursday to “disrupt widespread infection.” “We’re going to fight this epidemic as much as we can and the reason is we don’t want to see an avalanche of people coming into our hospitals with limited capacity,” Inslee told a press conference, adding that the health system may need to provide critical care for thousands of coronavirus patients in the months ahead. The ban targeted sports, concerts, worship services and other events in greater Seattle’s King, Snohomish and Pierce Counties. SEATTLE, March 11 (Reuters) - Washington Governor Jay Inslee on Wednesday banned gatherings of over 250 people in the Seattle area, said he may soon close all schools and did not rule out eventual lockdowns to slow the spread of the United States’ deadliest coronavirus outbreak.
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