Janice E. Bates

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What kind of place is this?

Size 12 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 5 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 Level 3
License status Active

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
July 17, 2025
On file
5 visits since May 2023 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
SeriousLicensor reviewed food menu set for the day of inspection, listed diced ham, prior to observing food in the fridge in the licensed space. Diced ham was in the origianl package, observed by licensor in the fridge with expiration date 12/08/24, date of inspection on 12/20/2024. Ham was thrown away onsite during inspection. · December 20, 2024

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.

Jul 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Dec 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · December 20, 2024

Food sources

WAC 110-300-0196(1) · Serious

Licensor reviewed food menu set for the day of inspection, listed diced ham, prior to observing food in the fridge in the licensed space. Diced ham was in the origianl package, observed by licensor in the fridge with expiration date 12/08/24, date of inspection on 12/20/2024. Ham was thrown away onsite during inspection.

Report (PDF)

Nov 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · November 15, 2024

Infant safe sleep practices

WAC 110-300-0291(1)(d) · Serious

During a complaint inspection Supervisor Howard and Licensor Arroyo observed that the lighting in the room was dark. To view the sleeping infant, the teacher had to use the flashlight on her phone to show the licensing staff the infant sleeping in the pak and play.

Report (PDF)

Nov 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
May 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · May 10, 2023

Emergency preparation and exiting

WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious

Exit door from licensed space to the outdoor play area was locked when this licensor and supervisor arrived Dispute Description: Subpool person locked it. I asked for English speaking sub pool persons, they sometimes send me substitutes who don’t speak only English. I train them before I leave the floor. I think what happened is she has a language barrier, how can I get a person who speaks English only from subpool? I requested her to not lock it and requested her to give milk , raisins inside cereal bowl before feeding kiddos- she gave bananas ( why)?I took off in Merit Asia and Kyla and off work schedule until done with credentials and posted on Merit-they’re second in or third in when at work-I’ll just wait for certs to be given to me first before in merit and working- I have many others who have all there certifications, diplomas, health cards-to help out. Subpool person locked it. I asked for English speaking sub pool persons, they sometimes send me substitutes who don’t speak only English. I train them before I leave the floor. I think what happened is she has a language barrier, how can I get a person who speaks English only from subpool? I requested her to not lock it and requested her to give milk , raisins inside cereal bowl before feeding kiddos- she gave bananas ( why)?I took off in Merit Asia and Kyla and off work schedule until done with credentials and posted on Merit-they’re second in or third in when at work-I’ll just wait for certs to be given to me first before in merit and working- I have many others who have all there certifications, diplomas, health cards-to help out.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Janice E. Bates 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 December 2024.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed.

Sources and dates

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

Licensing and contact

  • State quality rating, License status, Phone, Website — Checked July 2026 · findchildcarewa.org

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

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