Collaboration Station

Center · Seattle · 504 NE 95th Street

What kind of place is this?

Size 60 children licensed In the middle half for Seattle centers, where the middle half licenses 43–121. Measured across 576 Seattle centers, 2026-08-17.

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
March 3, 2026
On file
3 visits since August 2023 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
SeriousDU has an expred food permit. TK hired on 12/08/2025, has no completed food training. Date Disputed Date Disputed · March 3, 2026

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.

Mar 2026 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · March 3, 2026

Outdoor early learning program space

WAC 110-300-0145(11) · Short Term

Gate does no auto close or lock. Gate observed with director E.M. on site.

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

DU has an expred food permit. TK hired on 12/08/2025, has no completed food training. Date Disputed Date Disputed

Report (PDF)

Mar 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · March 3, 2026

Outdoor early learning program space

WAC 110-300-0145(11) · Short Term

Monitored visit completed on 03/03/2026, licensor went over this non-compliance and showed director EM how the gate did not close. The exiting mechanisms on their gate from a licensed outdoor play area to unlicensed space were equipped with but was not working; self-closing and self-latching mechanism. The mechanism will need to be repaired or replaced. Inspection showed this was a short term violation with 10 days to complete. This center is located on public school property but is not licensed as a school age program.

Report (PDF)

Jan 2025 Licensing visit 3 findings

Licensing visit · January 29, 2025

Training requirements

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

D.H. and A.T., missing CPR and first aid training.

Training requirements

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

D.H. and A.T., missing food handlers training.

Training requirements

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

D.H. and A.T., missing childcare basics training.

Report (PDF)

Aug 2023 Licensing visit 11 findings

Licensing visit · August 22, 2023

Food allergies and special dietary needs

WAC 110-300-0186(1) · Serious

During annual inspection, licensor A. Stewart observed childs file with allergy to peanuts, individual care plan missing.

Medication

WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i) · Serious

During annual inspection, licensor A. Stewart observed EPI pen with no prescribed box in medical bag. Licensor also observed a single inhaler with no instructions, name, dosage, expiration date or contact information.

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) / 110-300-0106(4) · Serious

During annual licensing inspection, licensor A. Stewart observed 2 of 3 staff files and MERIT were missing one or more of the following:

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) / 110-300-0106(4) · Serious

0106(10) BBP training

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) / 110-300-0106(4) · Serious

cpr/first aid training.

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) / 110-300-0106(4) · Serious

food handler permit.

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) / 110-300-0106(4) · Serious

childcare basic training.

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) / 110-300-0106(4) · Serious

suspected child abuse, neglect, and exploitation training.

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) / 110-300-0106(4) · Serious

emergency preparedness. Remove 6, shaken baby

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) / 110-300-0106(4) · Serious

0160(7) families/children experiencing homelessness.

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) / 110-300-0106(4) · Serious

Director missing medication management.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Collaboration Station hasn’t published four things

Tuition · Hours and late pickup · What a typical day looks like · Sick and biting policies

Worth doing yourself

Ask what changed after each, and whether the state has been back.

On the visit: what you can only see — how the room smells, whether teachers are down on the floor with the children, how staff speak to each other. Those, and the 7 questions worth hearing answered out loud, are in the note below.

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.

All checked June 2026.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

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.

Work at Collaboration Station? Update this listing — it is free, and the program is the only source for what public records do not carry.