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Webinars 

WA Cares Basics: What Providers Need to Know webinar from 11 a.m. – noon on August 5. Before benefits begin in July 2026, the WA Cares Fund will work to register a diverse range of qualified providers for each covered service. To ensure quality care, providers must meet minimum qualifications to participate. Once registered, beneficiaries can choose from these providers — empowering them to select the services that best meet their needs within their own communities. We will cover how the program works, types of providers that will be able to register, minimum qualifications and requirements providers will have to meet and how to register as a qualified provider. Register today. 

WA Cares Conversations: Sleep and Aging from 11 a.m. – noon on September 10. As we age sleep patterns naturally change. Join us to learn about how aging affects your sleep, typical challenges for older adults and tips for better rest and resources available. Register today. 

Featured video 

ICYMI: WA Cares Basics: What Employers Need to Know. We discussed who contributes to the fund, who can get an exemption, how workers will meet contribution requirements, tracking employee exemptions, employer reporting requirements and what kinds of benefits will be available. Watch the replay on YouTube. 

Monthly FAQ: What is the employer's role in WA Cares? 

Employers play an essential role in making WA Cares successful. You are required to report your employees’ wages and hours and pay premiums every quarter. Read more in our monthly news item. 

Rulemaking

WA Cares is working on draft rule text for payments and reimbursements for approved services, notices of department determinations, and administrative hearings. Draft rule text was shared in July with interested parties to hear feedback and better understand potential impact to participants in the program, including beneficiaries and small businesses. An interested parties meeting was held on July 16 to review draft rule text and hear verbal comments. Feedback helps improve the draft rule text before submitting for the CR-102 for proposed rule text. WA Cares plans to file the CR-102 for this content in August and a public hearing is expected to occur in September. 

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LTSS Trust Commission

The Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Commission, which works on behalf of Washington employees and long-term care stakeholders to improve, monitor and implement WA Cares, will hold a Commission meeting from 1-4 p.m. on September 17. Find meeting details and learn more about the Commission. 

Request a speaker

Interested in an in-person or virtual presentation on WA Cares for your staff, HR professionals, managers, professional/community organization, or other group in 2025? Fill out our speaker request form and we will get back to you with our staff’s availability.