Renton · Licensed family home
Happy Tots Child Care 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 1 of its 2 licensing inspections since August 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this home.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Aug 13, 20253 citations
Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning spaceSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Additional play chips will need to be added to ensure 9 inches deep at landing area and in a 6 foot diameter around this equipment”
WAC 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b)
Food allergies and special dietary needsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Child identified as having a peanut allergy needs an Individual Health Plan developed in coordination with the caregiver/parent with all items in 110-300-0186(1)”
WAC 110-300-0186(1)
Food allergies and special dietary needsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Provider must arrange with parent/caregiver if there are any medications needed, training on administering and any equipment needed”
WAC 110-300-0186(2)
- Aug 27, 2024Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 1 of this home's 2 inspections. Seattle-area family homes inspected twice split three ways: 21% had fewer, 41% the same, and 38% more (214 family homes).
How all 214 Seattle-area family homes inspected twice compare
Of the 214 Seattle-area family homes the state inspected twice, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None21%
- 1 of 241%This home
- Both38%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- August 13, 2025
- On file
- 2 visits since August 2024 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
Additional play chips will need to be added to ensure 9 inches deep at landing area and in a 6 foot diameter around this equipment
· August 13, 2025
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Aug 2025 Licensing visit 3 findings
Licensing visit · August 13, 2025
Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning space
WAC 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b) · Serious
Additional play chips will need to be added to ensure 9 inches deep at landing area and in a 6 foot diameter around this equipment
Food allergies and special dietary needs
WAC 110-300-0186(1) · Serious
Child identified as having a peanut allergy needs an Individual Health Plan developed in coordination with the caregiver/parent with all items in 110-300-0186(1)
Food allergies and special dietary needs
WAC 110-300-0186(2) · Serious
Provider must arrange with parent/caregiver if there are any medications needed, training on administering and any equipment needed
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What it costs
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Details
- Phone
- (425) 226-3326
- Area
- Renton, 98055This home’s state page lists no street address.
- License
- PL-13998
- 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
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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, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Ages on the license — Checked September 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.