Little Lights Childcare Center

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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 2 of the 4 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 Enrolled
License status Active

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
July 20, 2026
On file
4 visits since September 2025 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
SeriousPrior to this date 1/15/2026, Staff memeber B.S. did not have food handlers training completed. Training certificate will need to be sent to licensor to verify completion. Completed Date Disputed Date Disputed · January 15, 2026

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 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Jan 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Jan 2026 Licensing visit 4 findings

Licensing visit · January 15, 2026

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(10) · Short Term

Staff member B.S. has worked directly with children, does not have Bloodborne pathogen training completed or entered in MERIT. Training certificate will need to be sent to licensor to verify completion. Completed Date Disputed Date Disputed

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(11) · Short Term

Prior to this date 1/15/2026, Staff memeber B.S. has been counted in ratio, did not have CPR/First aid training completed. Training certificate will need to be sent to licensor to verify completion. Completed Date Disputed Date Disputed

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

Prior to this date 1/15/2026, Staff memeber B.S. did not have food handlers training completed. Training certificate will need to be sent to licensor to verify completion. Completed Date Disputed Date Disputed

Preservice requirements

WAC 110-300-0105(2) · Serious

Staff member B.S. does not have a cleared background check; current status "withdrawn". Provider was given TA; B.S. is not permitted to be on the premises until her background check is cleared by the department.

Report (PDF)

Sep 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · September 9, 2025

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

During the time of inspection, licensor was not able to verify applicant's Food Handler's Permit.

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(2)(b) · Serious

Window located in the dining room has window pull cords thate are within reach of children. Will need to meet the requirement of this WAC or removed to make inaccessible to children.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Little Lights Childcare Center hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask what changed after the four findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in January 2026.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed. The rest carry its lower risk levels.

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.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

Licensing and contact

State record

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

Do you run Little Lights Childcare Center? Shortlist has no tuition, hours or ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.