Seattle · Licensed family home
A Mothers Touch Daycare
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 October 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this home.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Sep 17, 2025Nothing cited
Dec 6, 20241 citation
Training requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“Safe sleep training for staff member DW is expired (8)(c)”
WAC 110-300-0106(8)
Oct 19, 20232 citations
Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“The emergency exit door was observed to be locked from the inside at the time of inspection. The 2nd emergency exit was observed to be partially blocked at the time of inspection.”
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a), WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c)
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“MERIT reflected that the provider and an assistant's bloodborne pathogen training was expired at the time of inspection. MERIT reflected that an assistant's CPR and first-aid training were expired at the time of inspection. MERIT reflected that the provider and an assistant's food worker card was expired at the time of inspection.”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
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 17, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since October 2023 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
The emergency exit door was observed to be locked from the inside at the time of inspection. The 2nd emergency exit was observed to be partially blocked at the time of inspection.
· October 19, 2023
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Dec 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · December 6, 2024
WAC 110-300-0106(8) · Short Term
Safe sleep training for staff member DW is expired (8)(c)
Oct 2023 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · October 19, 2023
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) / 110-300-0166(3)(c) · Serious · No longer on the state’s site as of October 27, 2026
The emergency exit door was observed to be locked from the inside at the time of inspection. The 2nd emergency exit was observed to be partially blocked at the time of inspection.
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious · No longer on the state’s site as of October 27, 2026
MERIT reflected that the provider and an assistant's bloodborne pathogen training was expired at the time of inspection. MERIT reflected that an assistant's CPR and first-aid training were expired at the time of inspection. MERIT reflected that the provider and an assistant's food worker card was expired at the time of inspection.
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What it costs
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Details
- Phone
- (206) 579-6165
- Area
- Seattle, 98106This home’s state page lists no street address.
- License
- PL-12542
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 3
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 2, 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.