Wenatchee Valley College provides residence hall accommodations for students with disabilities that demonstrate a need for specific types of living environment on the basis of disability.  You may request residence accommodations through the usual process for securing accommodations.

Please note that requests for residence accommodations for Fall quarter move-in (typically one week before 1st day of Fall quarter classes) should be made prior to July 15th to ensure availability. Requests made after the deadline will still be fully considered but availability of rooms is not guaranteed.  

Emotional Support Animals 

Under housing and urban development’s rules, as well as service animal policy 500.405, assistance animals include animals that provide passive support that alleviates or at least partially mitigates an impact of a person’s disability allowing them to benefit from WVC’s programs and services. Animals providing these passive services are generally referred to as emotional support animals (ESA). Emotional support animals can be requested via Student Access Services for allowance in the WVC Residence Hall. An ESA is not allowed inside any other WVC buildings. 

To request an accommodation of an emotional support animal in the residence hall, students must:

• Follow the process for securing accommodations, including submission of a SAS registration form, and:
• Provide a letter (or other documentation) from a medical professional, qualified to diagnose and treat the student's disability, describing the student's need for an emotional service animal in housing.

The letter should articulate the need for the animal based on your medical condition. This letter should not say (simply): “In my professional opinion, due to [the student]'s condition, [the student] needs a comfort/emotional support animal.” Rather it needs to articulate why, based on your specific needs and the expertise of your provider, a comfort animal is necessary to mitigate symptoms of your disability. 

You may download a copy of our Request for Information for an ESA form to share with your healthcare provider as additional guidance. Letters or documentation that does not address all questions in the form will be considered "incomplete" and may cause delays in processing. 

Students approved for this accommodation will be expected to review and agree to the accommodation expectations regarding Emotional Support Animal in Student Housing, including furnishing evidence of appropriate animal vaccination and licensing requirements prior to move-in. 

For more information about our policies, view the WVC Service Animal policy.