Seattle · Licensed center
Jose Marti Child Development Center at Hirabayashi Place
At a glance
- Medium Creative Curriculum center, licensed for 68 children.
- Hours 10 hours a day, 5 days a week.
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 August 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Oct 9, 2026Nothing cited
- Dec 4, 2025Nothing cited
Jul 19, 20241 citation
Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“In 2 classrooms, emergency exits viewed blocked with baby gates. Fire emergency door exit in the hallway observed partially blocked with a table used for teacher parent conferences.”
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c)
Aug 1, 20231 citation
MedicationSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“5 out of 6 children medications inspected, one permission form did not include over the counter medication consent from the parent, current consent was for the Epi pen only.”
WAC 110-300-0215(3)
The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 4 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times had more: 62% of 272 had rules cited at 3 or more.
How all 272 Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times compare
Of the 272 Seattle-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None7%
- 1 of 415%
- 2 of 417%This center
- 3 of 433%
- All 429%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- October 9, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since August 2023 — 2 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
In 2 classrooms, emergency exits viewed blocked with baby gates. Fire emergency door exit in the hallway observed partially blocked with a table used for teacher parent conferences.
· July 19, 2024
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Jul 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · July 19, 2024
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c) · Serious
In 2 classrooms, emergency exits viewed blocked with baby gates. Fire emergency door exit in the hallway observed partially blocked with a table used for teacher parent conferences.
Aug 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · August 1, 2023
WAC 110-300-0215(3) · Serious · No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026
5 out of 6 children medications inspected, one permission form did not include over the counter medication consent from the parent, current consent was for the Epi pen only.
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What it costs
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A day here
- Hours
- 10 hours a day, 5 days a week
Meals, sleep and schedule
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch and a snack served daily and included in tuition; USDA program; allergy substitutions made; families may not bring their own food
- Sleep
- Rest time offered in all classrooms for all ages; sleep not required; teachers encourage at least 20-30 minutes of rest, then quiet activities if still awake
- Schedule
- Full-week
How they teach
Creative Curriculum and bilingual–inspired
“Our bilingual programming is based on elements of the Soy Bilingüe curriculum”
Policies
- Special needs
- Supports for children with special needs; help with the referral process and connecting to other resources
- Enrollment
- Waitlist-based; priority given to siblings already enrolled, participants in El Centro de la Raza's other programs, residents of the apartment buildings above the centers (including Hirabayashi Place), and — to support diversity goals — immigrant communities, families of color, and subsidy/low-income-qualifying families
Details
- Phone
- (206) 957-4607
- Address
- 424 S Main Street, Seattle, 98104
- License
- PL-14360
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 4
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Sources and dates
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked October 2026 elcentrodelaraza.org
State record
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked November 3, 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
- Meals, Sleep, Hours, Schedule — Checked September 2026 elcentrodelaraza.org
Policies
- Special needs — Checked September 2026 elcentrodelaraza.org
- Enrollment — Checked August 2026 elcentrodelaraza.org
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Website — Checked July 2026 elcentrodelaraza.org
- Address, License — Checked June 2026 data.wa.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.wa.gov
- Ages they serve — Checked September 2026 elcentrodelaraza.org
Medium means the middle half of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 115 children. Small is 6 to 40; large is 116 to 323.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.