Seattle · Licensed family home
First Step 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 2 of its 4 licensing inspections since January 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this home.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jul 29, 2026Nothing cited
Apr 15, 20261 citation
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“The following trainings for P. have expired; bloodborne pathogens, CPR/First aid, food handlers, and safe sleep trainings”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
- Mar 12, 2025Nothing cited
Jan 24, 20241 citation
Fire safetyShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“Fire extinguisher is not the correct size, provider has a 1:A size”
WAC 110-300-0170(3)(i)
The state cited rules at 2 of this home's 4 inspections. Most Seattle-area family homes inspected 4 times had more: 58% of 401 had rules cited at 3 or more.
How all 401 Seattle-area family homes inspected 4 times compare
Of the 401 Seattle-area family homes the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None6%
- 1 of 417%
- 2 of 420%This home
- 3 of 427%
- All 430%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- July 29, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since January 2024 — 2 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
The following trainings for P. have expired; bloodborne pathogens, CPR/First aid, food handlers, and safe sleep trainings
· April 15, 2026
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Apr 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · April 15, 2026
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
The following trainings for P. have expired; bloodborne pathogens, CPR/First aid, food handlers, and safe sleep trainings
Jan 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · January 24, 2024
WAC 110-300-0170(3)(i) · Short Term
Fire extinguisher is not the correct size, provider has a 1:A size
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What it costs
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Details
- Phone
- (206) 235-9563
- Area
- Seattle, 98178This home’s state page lists no street address.
- License
- PL-4069
- Quality program
- Early Achievers rating expired
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, 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.