Seattle · Licensed family home
Friends and Learn Family Home Daycare
At a glance
- Full-size family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
- Hours 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since March 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this home.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jul 20, 20261 citation
Immunizations and exempt childrenLong Term. The state’s lowest risk level. Fix within 20 business days, no recheck.
“During the inspection, this licensor reviewed five child record files. The child files for H.J. and C.H. did not have current immunization records.”
WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2)
Sep 17, 20251 citation
Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning spaceShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“At the time of inspection, the provider's outdoor play structure did not meet CPSC guidelines regarding safety fall zones and surfacing. The safety fall zone and surfacing at the bottom of the double slide measured 4.5 feet with 1-2 inches of wood chips instead of the required 6 feet with 9 inches of wood chips.”
WAC 110-300-0146(1)
- Dec 11, 2024Nothing cited
Mar 27, 20241 citation
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Staff member, NR had a food handlers card in her file that expired 5/13/2023.”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
The state cited rules at 3 of this home's 4 inspections. Seattle-area family homes inspected 4 times split three ways: 42% had fewer, 28% the same, and 30% more (401 family homes).
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%
- 3 of 427%This home
- All 430%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- July 20, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since March 2024 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
Staff member, NR had a food handlers card in her file that expired 5/13/2023.
· March 27, 2024
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Jul 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · July 20, 2026
Immunizations and exempt children
WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2) · Long Term
During the inspection, this licensor reviewed five child record files. The child files for H.J. and C.H. did not have current immunization records.
Sep 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · September 17, 2025
Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning space
WAC 110-300-0146(1) · Short Term
At the time of inspection, the provider's outdoor play structure did not meet CPSC guidelines regarding safety fall zones and surfacing. The safety fall zone and surfacing at the bottom of the double slide measured 4.5 feet with 1-2 inches of wood chips instead of the required 6 feet with 9 inches of wood chips.
Mar 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · March 27, 2024
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
Staff member, NR had a food handlers card in her file that expired 5/13/2023.
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What it costs
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A day here
6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Outdoors, sleep and closed
- Outdoors
- Outdoor play scheduled twice daily, weather permitting
- Sleep
- Scheduled nap/rest time with mats, from noon to 2:45pm
- Closed
- 10 holidays and breaks a year
Dates
Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day After Thanksgiving, Winter Break Dec 23 to Jan 1
Details
- Phone
- (206) 861-5393
- Area
- Seattle, 98168This home’s state page lists no street address.
- License
- PL-78334
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 2
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, Working Connections subsidy, cost, teaching approach, ratios and staff, 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
A day here
- Outdoors, Sleep, Hours — Checked September 2026 friendsandlearn.com
- Closed — Checked September 2026 friendsandlearn.com
Details
- Phone, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Website — Checked September 2026 friendsandlearn.com
- Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Ages they serve — Checked September 2026 friendsandlearn.com
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.