Bothell · Licensed family home
A Better Child Care 2A
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 2 of its 3 licensing inspections since March 2025. It lists no valid complaint about this home.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Sep 21, 20261 citation
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“The providers food worker card expired on September 1, 2026.”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
- Aug 4, 2025Nothing cited
Mar 21, 20254 citations
Safety requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Plastic zip loc bags were accessible to children on low shelves. They were made inaccessible immediately. Vinyl stickers or art work is not at child level on sliding glass door to prevent children from accidentally walking into or through the door. The cement patio is cracking in several places. Additionally, one edge is higher than the other. This creates a tripping hazard.”
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d)
Fire safetySerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“The front of the gas fireplace unit opens easily and wires are accessible. The applicant blocked the gas furnace with a bookshelf prior to my departure.”
WAC 110-300-0170(3)(b)
Storage of hazardous and maintenance suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Hand sanitizer was accessible to children at the sign-in area. It was made inaccessible prior to my departure.”
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a)
Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“The sliding glass door is difficult to open to the full open position.”
WAC 110-300-0166(4)(c)(ii)(iii)(Iv)(v)(vi)(vii)
The state cited rules at 2 of this home's 3 inspections. Seattle-area family homes inspected 3 times split about evenly: about a third had fewer, a third the same, and a third more (698 family homes).
How all 698 Seattle-area family homes inspected 3 times compare
Of the 698 Seattle-area family homes the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None11%
- 1 of 323%
- 2 of 332%This home
- All 334%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- September 21, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since March 2025 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
The providers food worker card expired on September 1, 2026.
· September 21, 2026
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Sep 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · September 21, 2026
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
The providers food worker card expired on September 1, 2026.
Mar 2025 Licensing visit 4 findings
Licensing visit · March 21, 2025
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d) · Serious
Plastic zip loc bags were accessible to children on low shelves. They were made inaccessible immediately. Vinyl stickers or art work is not at child level on sliding glass door to prevent children from accidentally walking into or through the door. The cement patio is cracking in several places. Additionally, one edge is higher than the other. This creates a tripping hazard.
WAC 110-300-0170(3)(b) · Serious
The front of the gas fireplace unit opens easily and wires are accessible. The applicant blocked the gas furnace with a bookshelf prior to my departure.
Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious
Hand sanitizer was accessible to children at the sign-in area. It was made inaccessible prior to my departure.
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(4)(c)(ii)(iii)(Iv)(v)(vi)(vii) · Serious
The sliding glass door is difficult to open to the full open position.
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What it costs
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Details
- Phone
- (425) 219-2075
- Area
- Bothell, 98012This home’s state page lists no street address.
- License
- PL-85221
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Enrolled
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, Working Connections subsidy, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
State record
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked November 3, 2026.
Washington’s four risk levels, highest first: Immediate, Serious, Short Term, Long Term. Deadlines from DCYF procedure PRO 10.1.21.
Ages
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 findchildcarewa.org
Full-size means licensed for 12 children, the most any Seattle-area family home holds; 735 of Seattle-area’s 1,532 licensed family homes are. Small is 3 to 6; mid-size is 7 to 11.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.