Seattle · Licensed family home
Bright Minds Home Childcare
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 1 of its 2 licensing inspections since August 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this home.
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Licensing inspections
Aug 14, 20252 citations
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Provider's did not have a current food handlers permit in file or in Merit.”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
Cleaning schedulesShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“Provider had an high chair in the license space that had crumbs and sticky residue on it and in it. No child was seen sitting in the high chair eating. Provider had sticky residue on kitchen counter top.”
WAC 110-300-0241(1)(a)
- Aug 13, 2024Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 1 of this home's 2 inspections. Seattle-area family homes inspected twice split three ways: 21% had fewer, 41% the same, and 38% more (214 family homes).
How all 214 Seattle-area family homes inspected twice compare
Of the 214 Seattle-area family homes the state inspected twice, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None21%
- 1 of 241%This home
- Both38%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- August 14, 2025
- On file
- 2 visits since August 2024 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
Provider's did not have a current food handlers permit in file or in Merit.
· August 14, 2025
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Aug 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · August 14, 2025
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
Provider's did not have a current food handlers permit in file or in Merit.
WAC 110-300-0241(1)(a) · Short Term
Provider had an high chair in the license space that had crumbs and sticky residue on it and in it. No child was seen sitting in the high chair eating. Provider had sticky residue on kitchen counter top.
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What it costs
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Details
- Phone
- (206) 407-4324
- Area
- Seattle, 98108This home’s state page lists no street address.
- License
- PL-80988
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 2
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
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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
Details
- Phone, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
Mid-size means licensed for 7 to 11 children, among Seattle-area’s 1,532 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 3 to 6; full-size is 12, the most any Seattle-area family home holds.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.