Seattle · Licensed family home
Hope Family Home 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 all 3 of its licensing inspections since February 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this home.
One citation, in February 2024, was at the state’s highest risk level, Immediate: Water hazards and swimming pools.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jan 29, 20261 citation
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Provider's food handler permit expired.”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
Mar 27, 20253 citations
Safety requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“At the time of inspection, the air purifier had a 48-inch-long wire that can form a loop was accessible to children in play room. Correction made onsitde.”
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d)
Safety requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“At the time of inspection, there was a plastic bag with bottled water on the floor beneath the green sensory table in play room, which was accessible to the children. Correction made onsite. Under the bathroom sink, there was toilet paper stored in a plastic bag which was accessible to chidlren as well.”
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d)
Safety requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“At the time of inspection, the water temperature was measured at 134.9°F.”
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d)
Feb 6, 20242 citations, 1 Immediate
Water hazards and swimming poolsImmediate. Fix immediately or by the next business day. The licensor rechecks on site within 5.
“Bodies of water was observed in a water/sand table in the outdoor area at the time of inspection (Violation was corrected on site).”
WAC 110-300-0175(1) · Immediate risk
Safety requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“The exhaust fan switch was observed to be broken in the bathroom area at the time of inspection. Chipped paint was observed on the walls in the living room area and on the kitchen counter at the time of inspection.”
WAC 110-300-0165(3)(g)
The state cited rules at all 3 of this home's inspections. Most Seattle-area family homes inspected 3 times had fewer: 66% of 698.
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%
- All 334%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- January 29, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since February 2024 — all of them cited findings
- Most serious
- Immediate —
Bodies of water was observed in a water/sand table in the outdoor area at the time of inspection (Violation was corrected on site).
· February 6, 2024
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Jan 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · January 29, 2026
Mar 2025 Licensing visit 3 findings
Licensing visit · March 27, 2025
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d) · Serious
At the time of inspection, the air purifier had a 48-inch-long wire that can form a loop was accessible to children in play room. Correction made onsitde.
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d) · Serious
At the time of inspection, there was a plastic bag with bottled water on the floor beneath the green sensory table in play room, which was accessible to the children. Correction made onsite. Under the bathroom sink, there was toilet paper stored in a plastic bag which was accessible to chidlren as well.
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d) · Serious
At the time of inspection, the water temperature was measured at 134.9°F.
Feb 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · February 6, 2024
WAC 110-300-0165(3)(g) · Short Term
The exhaust fan switch was observed to be broken in the bathroom area at the time of inspection. Chipped paint was observed on the walls in the living room area and on the kitchen counter at the time of inspection.
Water hazards and swimming pools
WAC 110-300-0175(1) · Immediate
Bodies of water was observed in a water/sand table in the outdoor area at the time of inspection (Violation was corrected on site).
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What it costs
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Details
- Phone
- (206) 832-7291
- Area
- Seattle, 98126This home’s state page lists no street address.
- License
- PL-81839
- 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
Small means the smallest quarter of Seattle-area’s 1,532 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity: 3 to 6 children. Mid-size is 7 to 11; full-size is 12, the most any Seattle-area family home holds.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.