Fern Forest Family Child Care

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What kind of place is this?

Size 9 children licensed In the middle half for Seattle home daycares, where the middle half licenses 6–12. Measured across 1,532 Seattle home daycares, 2026-08-17.

Who runs it

Ownership For-profit Washington DCYF issued this licence to an individual, not to a company. A licence held by a person is a sole proprietorship. findchildcarewa.org

How this compares

Washington DCYF cited something at 3 of the 4 visits below. Across Seattle home daycares it cites something at about 63% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Seattle with Seattle and never with another state.

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

State quality rating Early Achievers Enrolled
License status Active

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
March 2, 2026
On file
4 visits since May 2024 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
Seriousstaff person has expired portable background check; PBC expired on 3/1/2026 Date Disputed Date Disputed · March 2, 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 2, 2026

Preservice requirements

WAC 110-300-0105(2) · Serious

staff person has expired portable background check; PBC expired on 3/1/2026 Date Disputed Date Disputed

Supervising children

WAC 110-300-0345(5)(b) · Short Term

chimes/bells are missing from sliding glass door.

Report (PDF)

May 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Nov 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · November 12, 2024

Food allergies and special dietary needs

WAC 110-300-0186(1) · Serious

Child with milk sensitivity does not have an ICP in file.

Report (PDF)

May 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · May 22, 2024

Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning space

WAC 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b) · Serious

Slide needs 9 inches of ground cover

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Fern Forest Family Child Care hasn’t published

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

Ask what changed after the three findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in March 2026.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed. The rest carry its lower risk levels.

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.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

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.

Do you run Fern Forest Family Child Care? Shortlist has no tuition, hours or ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.