Tukwila · Licensed family home
Fahima Home Daycare LLC
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 2 of its 3 licensing inspections since July 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this home.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Mar 17, 2026Nothing cited
Sep 23, 20248 citations
License and program locationSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“There was no lead or copper testing for the sink used for cooking in the garage. The provider is no longer using the original approved child care space/living space to cook and is using the garage space for all childcare functions.”
WAC 110-300-0410(4)
Transportation and off-site activity policySerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Provider did not have a complete first aid kit for the childcare nor for the vehicle if required to travel and transport. Provider also will need emergency reflective triangles.”
WAC 110-300-0480(2)
Storage of hazardous and maintenance suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“3 step spray bottles were present by sink and accessible to the children present for childcare.”
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a)
MedicationSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“There was A&D ointment present for a child that no longer attends the program. A&D ointment that was in the restroom was observed to not be labeled with child's first and last name.”
WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(ii)
Emergency preparedness planShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“Children files were missing the sign off for the handbooks. Current staff, provider's daughters are missing documentation that the Disaster Plan has been reviewed. Disaster Drill log area read the months February, April, July and November but did not have an actual day written in. In the area that read February it also read 5 minutes but did not identify the drill conducted.”
WAC 110-300-0470(1)
Training requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“Assistant teacher, F.J hired 12/10/22 does not have documenation of BASIC Training. Z.E.'s and F.J hire date 7/15/2019 Safe Sleep Training is not verified in MERIT it reads-Self Entered. Requirement to follow up with MERIT regarding training to ensure that it is attached correctly in MERIT.”
WAC 110-300-0106(3)
Safety requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“Hose upon entry by garage in route to door of childcare is laying loosely accessible to children. The cracked scoot toy in the yard has sharp edges.”
WAC 110-300-0165(3)(a)
Immunizations and exempt childrenLong Term. The state’s lowest risk level. Fix within 20 business days, no recheck.
“2 children files had Not Complete Immunization records. Another file had a blank CIS form.”
WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2)
Jul 27, 20232 citations
Safety requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Outlets in restroom and in the kitchen within 6 feet of water is not GFCI. Secure shelving units. The yard gate has nails protruding out.”
WAC 110-300-0165(5)(b)
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“BBP for provider was expired 5/27/22-5/27/23. No BBP observed for staff Fahima Food Handler for provider was expired and one was not observed in the file for assistant. No documentation in the system for the assistant teacher of Basic Initial STARS. Assistant missing documentation of Medication Management Training.”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
The state cited rules at 2 of this home's 3 inspections. Seattle-area family homes inspected 3 times split about evenly: about a third had fewer, a third the same, and a third more (698 family homes).
How all 698 Seattle-area family homes inspected 3 times compare
Of the 698 Seattle-area family homes the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None11%
- 1 of 323%
- 2 of 332%This home
- All 334%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- March 17, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since July 2023 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
There was no lead or copper testing for the sink used for cooking in the garage. The provider is no longer using the original approved child care space/living space to cook and is using the garage space for all childcare functions.
· September 23, 2024
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Sep 2024 Licensing visit 8 findings
Licensing visit · September 23, 2024
WAC 110-300-0470(1) · Short Term
Children files were missing the sign off for the handbooks. Current staff, provider's daughters are missing documentation that the Disaster Plan has been reviewed. Disaster Drill log area read the months February, April, July and November but did not have an actual day written in. In the area that read February it also read 5 minutes but did not identify the drill conducted.
WAC 110-300-0410(4) · Serious
There was no lead or copper testing for the sink used for cooking in the garage. The provider is no longer using the original approved child care space/living space to cook and is using the garage space for all childcare functions.
Transportation and off-site activity policy
WAC 110-300-0480(2) · Serious
Provider did not have a complete first aid kit for the childcare nor for the vehicle if required to travel and transport. Provider also will need emergency reflective triangles.
WAC 110-300-0106(3) · Short Term
Assistant teacher, F.J hired 12/10/22 does not have documenation of BASIC Training. Z.E.'s and F.J hire date 7/15/2019 Safe Sleep Training is not verified in MERIT it reads-Self Entered. Requirement to follow up with MERIT regarding training to ensure that it is attached correctly in MERIT.
WAC 110-300-0165(3)(a) · Short Term
Hose upon entry by garage in route to door of childcare is laying loosely accessible to children. The cracked scoot toy in the yard has sharp edges.
Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious
3 step spray bottles were present by sink and accessible to the children present for childcare.
Immunizations and exempt children
WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2) · Long Term
2 children files had Not Complete Immunization records. Another file had a blank CIS form.
WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(ii) · Serious
There was A&D ointment present for a child that no longer attends the program. A&D ointment that was in the restroom was observed to not be labeled with child's first and last name.
Jul 2023 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · July 27, 2023
WAC 110-300-0165(5)(b) · Serious
Outlets in restroom and in the kitchen within 6 feet of water is not GFCI. Secure shelving units. The yard gate has nails protruding out.
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
BBP for provider was expired 5/27/22-5/27/23. No BBP observed for staff Fahima Food Handler for provider was expired and one was not observed in the file for assistant. No documentation in the system for the assistant teacher of Basic Initial STARS. Assistant missing documentation of Medication Management Training.
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Details
- Phone
- (206) 354-1239
- Area
- Tukwila, 98168This home’s state page lists no street address.
- License
- PL-81208
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 3
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
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.