The Washington Growers League is assessing the needs and options for agricultural employers with regard to supervised care for children and youth. Our goal is to provide more supervised child care which we believe can:

1) Give families and employers another option to keep underage children and non-employed youth away from work sites;

2) Reduce or eliminate injuries to children due to their presence in the workplace;

3) Help employers avoid jeopardy under the child labor laws when underage children are brought to the work site;

4) Allow more parents to work, and work more hours.

In addition, we anticipate that improving the available resources and options will ultimately better serve the needs of children and youth.


Directions: Please answer the following questions. Your responses will help us to identify some of the current trends with regard to needed services for child care for those under age 6 and supervised activities and services for youth ages 6 -14 (or older in some cases).

Please give the most accurate answer possible. Your answer should be based on what you actually know or strongly suspect, not on what you hope your employees are doing. If you don't know the answer, do not answer the question. Thank you!

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1. Do you have employees who need child care for children UNDER AGE 6 during the summer?

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2. Do your hired farmworkers bring children to or near the work site during the summer?

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3. What types of arrangements do your hired farmworkers and other employees typically make for child care for children UNDER AGE 6?

Please rank the following options from 1 (most common) to 7 (least common)

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4. What types of arrangements do your hired farmworkers and other employees typically make for supervision of children who are AGES 6 AND OLDER?

Please rank the following options from 1 (most common) to 7 (least common)

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5. During the summer, would supervised activities and resources for your employees’ children AGES 6-14 be beneficial to your farm or employees?

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6. What types of child care and resources for youth have worked for your business and hired farmworkers and employees in the past?

Please select all that apply.

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7. What would be helpful for your business to be able to increase access to child care or youth services for your hired farm workers and other employees?

Please select all that apply.

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8. What are your biggest obstacles for finding and using child care or youth activity resources?

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9. How would your business benefit from having more child care (under age 6) and resources for youth (ages 6 and older)?

Please select all that apply.

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10. What crops do you grow?

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11. During your peak employment season, how many employees do you typically have?

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12. If you have additional comments or suggestions regarding child care needs for farmworkers, please share them in the space below.

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13. If you are interested in talking with us more about your employees' child care needs, please provide your contact information.

Thank you for taking the time to complete our survey!

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