Seattle · Licensed family home
Bright Start Child Care
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 4 of its 5 licensing inspections since August 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this home.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Oct 14, 20261 citation
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“At the time of inspection, the provider's food handler expired in Aug 2026.”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
Mar 2, 20261 citation
Child recordsLong Term. The state’s lowest risk level. Fix within 20 business days, no recheck.
“All five child files observed were missing emergency contact information of a plan names and phone numbers of auhthorized pick up.”
WAC 110-300-0460(2)
Aug 11, 20253 citations
Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“At the time of inspection, it was observed that emergency exit door was not unlocked from the inside.”
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a)
Immunizations and exempt childrenLong Term. The state’s lowest risk level. Fix within 20 business days, no recheck.
“At the time of inspection, it was observed that two enrolled children have no current, complete and medically verified certificate of immunization status form.”
WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2)
Immunizations and exempt childrenLong Term. The state’s lowest risk level. Fix within 20 business days, no recheck.
“At the time of inspection, it was observed that there is no signed and dated statements detailing when the child's immunization will be brought up to date.”
WAC 110-300-0210(3)
Mar 20, 20252 citations
Storage of hazardous and maintenance suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Licensor observed laundry detergent and cleaner located on the shelf in the bathroom accessible to children.”
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a)
Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“During the visit licensor observed the front and back emergency exit doors were locked from the inside during operating hours. 110-300-0166(4)(viii) - Licensor measured the outdoor height from the exterior window sill to the ground was 6.39 ft. - more than 48 inches.”
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a), WAC 110-300-0166(4)(c)(ii)(iii)(Iv)(v)(vi)(vii)
- Aug 29, 2024Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 4 of this home's 5 inspections. Most Seattle-area family homes inspected 5 times had fewer: 52% of 97 had rules cited at 3 or fewer.
How all 97 Seattle-area family homes inspected 5 times compare
Of the 97 Seattle-area family homes the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None6%
- 1 of 57%
- 2 of 58%
- 3 of 530%
- 4 of 526%This home
- All 523%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- October 14, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since August 2024 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
At the time of inspection, the provider's food handler expired in Aug 2026.
· October 14, 2026
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Oct 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · October 14, 2026
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
At the time of inspection, the provider's food handler expired in Aug 2026.
Mar 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · March 2, 2026
WAC 110-300-0460(2) · Long Term
All five child files observed were missing emergency contact information of a plan names and phone numbers of auhthorized pick up.
Aug 2025 Licensing visit 3 findings
Licensing visit · August 11, 2025
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious
At the time of inspection, it was observed that emergency exit door was not unlocked from the inside.
Immunizations and exempt children
WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2) · Long Term
At the time of inspection, it was observed that two enrolled children have no current, complete and medically verified certificate of immunization status form.
Immunizations and exempt children
WAC 110-300-0210(3) · Long Term
At the time of inspection, it was observed that there is no signed and dated statements detailing when the child's immunization will be brought up to date.
Mar 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · March 20, 2025
Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious
110-300-0260(1)(a) - Licensor observed laundry detergent and cleaner located on the shelf in the bathroom accessible to children.
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) / 110-300-0166(4)(c)(ii)(iii)(Iv)(v)(vi)(vii) · Serious
110-300-0166(3)(a) - During the visit licensor observed the front and back emergency exit doors were locked from the inside during operating hours. 110-300-0166(4)(viii) - Licensor measured the outdoor height from the exterior window sill to the ground was 6.39 ft. - more than 48 inches.
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What it costs
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Details
- Phone
- (206) 488-6239
- Area
- Seattle, 98126This home’s state page lists no street address.
- License
- PL-85786
- 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 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
Small means the smallest quarter of Seattle-area’s 1,532 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity: 3 to 6 children. Mid-size is 7 to 11; 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.