James and his wife started a home daycare in Bellevue in 2005 and they have been running it ever since. His wife had been a teacher, and wanted to take on a bigger role in early child care, so she became a provider and got James to help out. Now, years later, their daughter is also taking part.
A few years ago, they learned about the Imagine Institute and started enrolling in training courses for early childhood education providers. James says his wife found out about the PREPARE for Care program. At first, James would just go with her to the classes in Everett, but he says after learning more about it, he also started taking the classes.