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Welcome to MultiCare Yakima Memorial’s Early Learning Center (ELC). The ELC is a program of excellence in early care and education. At the ELC, we work as a team: parent, child, teacher. Each member is an important part of your child’s development.

Our Mission: To be a role model of excellence in Early Learning.
Our Vision: To create a safe environment for children fostering love, learning and acceptance.
Our Values: Respect, Accountability, Safety, Teamwork, Stewardship, Innovation.

The Main ELC (infants, toddlers and young Preschool – ages 2.5-3.5), located at 219 S. 30th Ave., (the corner of 30th and Walnut) is open Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Preschool at Creekside (Older Preschool and Prekinder – ages 3.5-5.5) is located at 1601 Creekside Loop STE 100, is open Monday through Friday, 6:15 am to 6 pm.

Contact

For enrollment and waiting list questions, please email [email protected].

Main Center
219 S. 30th Ave.
Phone: 509-575-8288
Fax: 509-452-8739
ELC Director: Mikeal Allenbaugh, [email protected]

Creekside Preschool
1601 Creekside Loop, Suite 100
Phone: 509-574-5817
Fax: 509-452-8739
Site Supervisor: Jolene Shuck, [email protected]

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What you need to know about child care

Are child care facilities open?

Child care providers are operational. Department of Health guidance for child care settings remains in effect. The document urges reduced interactions outside of the household and staying home when possible. Parents will play an important role in keeping child care centers providers safe by watching for symptoms from their children and limiting their exposure to non-household members. Please refer to the Department of Children, Youth & Families for more information about child care as the state responds to the COVID-19 outbreak.

What child care options are available in my community?

Child Care Aware of Washington operates a free statewide referral line to connect families with vacant child care slots. Call 800-446-1114 or contact them here. You can also find information on the DCYF Child Care Aware website. Additionally, many school districts may offer child care once school starts.

What resources are available to help pay for child care?

The Working Connection Child Care program helps lower-income families and working parents pay for child care. When a family qualifies for benefits and selects an eligible child care provider, the state pays a portion of the cost. The City of Seattle also operates a local child care subsidy program for city residents.

How can employers support workers unable to find child care?

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act requires many employers to pay employees up to 10 weeks of leave at three-fourths pay to attend to children if their child care was lost due to impacts from COVID-19 through Dec. 31. The linked page describes which employers are covered under this requirement. To qualify for funding, the individual must have been employed for 30 days prior to taking the leave. Qualified employers can receive a federal tax credit for leave payments.

Employers can offer support to workers with reduced hours through ESD’s Shared Work program, which allows an individual to drop hours up to 50% and remain attached to the employer while receiving partial wage assistance without requirements to seek different employment.

Cerner PowerChart access

PowerChart provides referring clinicians with read-only access to MultiCare Yakima Memorial electronic health records via VPN (virtual private network) access.

Key benefits:

Provides referring clinicians access to their patient’s electronic health records at MultiCare Yakima Memorial
Provides real-time encounter information and patient data
No additional office space or technical resources required
No cost to you

You can access PowerChart from the clinic, home, office or any location with internet access. This creates easy, convenient access to the acute care information you need.

The registration process takes approximately five to seven business days. If you have questions about registration, contact Health Information Management at 509-575-8082. We are in the office Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Please note that psychiatric notes and sensitive labs, such as HIV test results, are not currently viewable. If you need this information, contact MultiCare Yakima Memorial’s Health Information Management to request a copy of the records.

For technical support, please call MultiCare Yakima Memorial’s Help Desk at 509-575-8175.

Employee health

Employee Health Services exists for the health and safety of all MultiCare Yakima Memorial employees, employees of its affiliated clinics as well as all medical staff.

Phone: 253-403-4007

Hours: Monday – Friday, 8am to 4pm

Email: Employee Health
Fax: 253-403-1481

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