Boys & Girls Club Ballard

Center · Seattle · 1767 NW 64th St

What kind of place is this?

Size 135 children licensed Larger than the middle half of Seattle centers, where the middle half licenses 43–121. Measured across 576 Seattle centers, 2026-08-17.

Who will be with our child?

Will it fit our family?

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

License status Active

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
February 17, 2026
On file
3 visits since November 2023 — all of them cited findings · 1 complaint investigation
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
SeriousThrough the course of investigation and interviews, it was determined that there were not an additional staff person than required in the staff-to-child ratio (6)(a) · August 20, 2024

Washington DCYF publishes the licensor’s own observation and a risk level for every citation it issues at a licensing visit, with the inspection report attached as a PDF.

Feb 2026 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · February 17, 2026

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(4)(e) · Short Term

In the bathroom of the"lion" classroom, the Licensor observed the water in the handwashing sink to be at 126.3 degrees. Date Disputed Date Disputed

First-aid—CPR certification and supplies

WAC 110-300-0230(2) · Short Term

Licensor observed a first aid-kit missing a CPR mask

Report (PDF)

Nov 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · November 18, 2024

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(3) · Short Term

The following staff members are missing childcare basics: MB, KL, SL, WN, EP (3)(c)

Staff records

WAC 110-300-0115(1) · Long Term

Reviewing MERIT, there are several staff members who do not have health and safety trainings and/or education entered into the system (1)(b)

Report (PDF)

Aug 2024 Complaint 1 valid issue

Complaint · August 15, 2024 · Resolved December 19, 2024

Reported to the state by the program

Serious injury, valid issues and self-report are Washington’s own fields on its complaint listing.

Supervising children during water activities

WAC 110-300-0350(6) · Serious

Through the course of investigation and interviews, it was determined that there were not an additional staff person than required in the staff-to-child ratio (6)(a)

Report (PDF)

Nov 2023 Licensing visit 4 findings

Licensing visit · November 7, 2023

Medication

WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i) · Serious

Prescription medication in the preschool classroom was observed to be unacommpanied with a medication authorization form at the time of inspection.

Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies

WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) / 110-300-0260(5) · Serious

Disinfecting wipes were observed to be accessible to children in one of the classrooms at the time of inspection. Janitorial equipment was observed to be accessible to children in multiple classrooms at the time of inspection.

Preservice requirements

WAC 110-300-0105(2) · Serious

MERIT reflected a staff member's background to be expired and another staff member's background application to be "withdrawn" at the time of inspection.

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(10) / 110-300-0106(11) / 110-300-0106(12) / 110-300-0106(3) · Short Term / Serious

MERIT reflected that multiple staff member's bloodborne pathogen training was expired/incomplete at the time of inspection. MERIT reflected that multiple staff members' CPR/first-aid training were incomplete at the time of inspection. MERIT reflected that multiple staff members' food worker card was expired/incomplete at the time of inspection. MERIT reflected that multiple staff member's child care basics training was expired/incomplete at the time of inspection.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Boys & Girls Club Ballard hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask what changed after the five findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in August 2024.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed. The rest carry its lower risk levels.

Sources and dates

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who will be with our child

Not yet reported: children per teacher.

Licensing and contact

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

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