DCYF's family-home paperwork combines downloadable forms with WA Compass annual compliance and MERIT background checks. Use the family-home orientation and application path, not the center or school-age checklist.
Agency: Department of Children, Youth, and Families Paperwork source review: September 14, 2026
Use your print window to print on paper or save as a PDF. The organizer is a planning aid for your files.
Check the form and your provider type.
An official agency form is issued or listed by the agency; that label alone does not establish mandatory use. A required state form is identified as mandatory in the cited instructions. A required record identifies information you must maintain; its format may be flexible. An optional template is a suggested format. Official instructions / portal links explain the application or record process.
Read “Applies to” and “Format and applicability” for each item. Home, group-home, center, local licensing, food-program, and subsidy requirements can differ.
Application & renewal
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Official instructions / portal
Family Home Licensing Application Process
Complete matching orientation and obtain application support.
Applies to
Prospective family home providers
Who completes it
Applicant
Where it goes
DCYF Welcome Team; submit orientation certificate with the application.
When to use or update
Before applying; save the completion certificate.
Format and applicability: Public instructions; training completion also appears in MERIT, but certificate submission is still described.
Selected official forms and public instructions were reviewed on September 14, 2026. This is a practical starting list, not a complete certification of every record, retention period, local rule, or individual application.
The form list's initial-application email differs from the licensing-process page; this section follows the latter's Welcome Team instructions.
Subsidy billing and CACFP forms were not independently verified here.
Use the agency’s current original and revision instructions. Keep confidential child and staff records in your own secure record system.
Use this sheet to check which items apply to your program. A listed item or a checked box does not establish that your program meets licensing requirements.
Program / provider type:
Licensing office / reviewer:
Date checked / rule or packet edition:
Form or instruction
Applies? Yes / No / Ask
Received / completed
Location / next review
1. Family Home Licensing Application Process
2. Annual Compliance Forms
3. Child Care Registration Form (DCYF 15-879)
4. Child Care Injury/Incident Report (DCYF 15-941)
5. Child Care Medication Authorization (DCYF 15-968)
6. Fire, Safety, Emergency Drills Record (DCYF 15-892)
7. Portable Background Check Application
Other local or agency document
Food-program / subsidy documents
Questions and next steps
Ask about required format, signatures, submission, update triggers, and retention. Record the agency’s answer and the person or written source that confirmed it.
Companion to the Washington source review dated September 14, 2026. Provider Path educational planning sheet.
Use your existing tools alongside these sources.
Keep official licensing records with your program’s business records. Provider Path’s editable agreement, handbook, and daily forms can help organize your work; check the state instructions before choosing a format.
