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Covington · Licensed family home

Almaas Family Childcare

At a glance

  • Full-size family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
How a family home daycare works

What to know

License: birth to 13 years (state).

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 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since October 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this home.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Aug 21, 2025Nothing cited
  • Jul 24, 20241 citation
    • Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning spaceSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “Provider needs to make trampoliine inaccessible to children in care”

        WAC 110-300-0146(4)

  • Mar 13, 20241 citation
    • Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “Provider needs to show proof of current food handler card”

        WAC 110-300-0106(12)

  • Oct 18, 20231 citation
    • Preservice requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “Applicant's 19 yr old son Hamza needs to show proof of a current department background check. Applicant's19 yr old son Hamza needs to show proof of a current negative TB test results not more than one year old.”

        WAC 110-300-0105(2)

The state cited rules at 3 of this home's 4 inspections. Seattle-area family homes inspected 4 times split three ways: 42% had fewer, 28% the same, and 30% more (401 family homes).

How all 401 Seattle-area family homes inspected 4 times compare

Of the 401 Seattle-area family homes the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None6%
  • 1 of 417%
  • 2 of 420%
  • 3 of 427%This home
  • All 430%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
August 21, 2025
On file
4 visits since October 2023 — 1 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — Provider needs to make trampoliine inaccessible to children in care · July 24, 2024

Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.

Aug 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Jul 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · July 24, 2024

Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning space

WAC 110-300-0146(4) · Serious

Provider needs to make trampoliine inaccessible to children in care

Report (PDF)

Mar 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · March 13, 2024

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

Provider needs to show proof of current food handler card

Report (PDF)

Oct 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · October 18, 2023

Preservice requirements

WAC 110-300-0105(2) · Serious

Applicant's 19 yr old son Hamza needs to show proof of a current department background check. Applicant's19 yr old son Hamza needs to show proof of a current negative TB test results not more than one year old.

Report (PDF)

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What it costs

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Details

Phone
(206) 934-9581
Area
Covington, 98042This home’s state page lists no street address.
License
PL-83516
Quality program
Early Achievers Enrolled

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Sources and dates

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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

Age groups as Washington defines them: WAC 110-300-0005 (infant to 11 months, toddler 12 to 29 months, preschool 30 months to 6 years, school age 5 to 12 years).

Details

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.

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