Spies v. Department of Social & Health Services

Cherre Spies appeals from the trial court’s affirmance of a decision of the Department of Social and Health Services which denied her day care (babysitting) benefits because she was enrolled in a 4-year academic program rather than a 2-year vocational program. We affirm.

RCW 74.12.3401 authorizes the department to promulgate rules and regulations governing the provisions of day care as part of the child welfare services. The department, in an effort to assist “some unemployed persons to obtain employment,” determined it would provide day care services up to 24 months while these persons were…