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Little Rainbow Daycare

At a glance

  • Full-size family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
How a family home daycare works

What to know

License: birth to 13 years (state).

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 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since October 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this home.

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Licensing inspections

  • Jul 28, 2026Nothing cited
  • Nov 13, 20252 citations
    • Outdoor early learning program spaceShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
      • “Exit gate in the outdoor play area is not self-latching; the latch is broken.”

        WAC 110-300-0145(11)

    • Safety requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
      • “water temperature measures at 145 degrees Fahrenheit.”

        WAC 110-300-0165(4)(e) · Rule: “All water accessible to enrolled children must not be hotter than 120 degrees Fahrenheit.”

  • Jan 8, 20253 citations
    • Training requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
      • “Staff need to have updated blood borne pathogen training yearly, staff person R.M. is missing initial training.”

        WAC 110-300-0106(8)

    • Training requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
      • “person S.A. and M.L. need to complete Shaken Baby training”

        WAC 110-300-0106(8)

    • Training requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
      • “Staff person M.L. has expired Safe Sleep training”

        WAC 110-300-0106(8)

  • Oct 11, 20233 citations
    • Infant safe sleep practicesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
      • “Room for infant to sleep is too dark when shades are pulled”

        WAC 110-300-0291(1)(d)

    • Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
      • “Staff are missing the following trainings: S. A: safe sleep (expired 2/2023) M.L.: no food worker card, no safe sleep N.P.: first aid, CPR and food worker cards are expired, no safe sleep”

        WAC 110-300-0106(12)

    • Child recordsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
      • “Child files are missing the following items: C.N.: no parent acknowledgement regarding receipt of policies M.M: no parent acknowledgement regarding receipt of policies”

        WAC 110-300-0460(3)

The state cited rules at 3 of this home's 4 inspections. Seattle-area family homes inspected 4 times split three ways: 42% had fewer, 28% the same, and 30% more (401 family homes).

How all 401 Seattle-area family homes inspected 4 times compare

Of the 401 Seattle-area family homes the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None6%
  • 1 of 417%
  • 2 of 420%
  • 3 of 427%This home
  • All 430%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
July 28, 2026
On file
4 visits since October 2023 — 1 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — Room for infant to sleep is too dark when shades are pulled · October 11, 2023

Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.

Jul 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Nov 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · November 13, 2025

Outdoor early learning program space

WAC 110-300-0145(11) · Short Term

Exit gate in the outdoor play area is not self-latching; the latch is broken.

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(4)(e) · Short Term

water temperature measures at 145 degrees Fahrenheit.

Report (PDF)

Jan 2025 Licensing visit 3 findings

Licensing visit · January 8, 2025

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(8) · Short Term

Staff need to have updated blood borne pathogen training yearly, staff person R.M. is missing initial training.

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(8) · Short Term

person S.A. and M.L. need to complete Shaken Baby training

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(8) · Short Term

Staff person M.L. has expired Safe Sleep training

Report (PDF)

Oct 2023 Licensing visit 3 findings

Licensing visit · October 11, 2023

Infant safe sleep practices

WAC 110-300-0291(1)(d) · Serious

Room for infant to sleep is too dark when shades are pulled

Child records

WAC 110-300-0460(3) · Short Term

Child files are missing the following items: C.N.: no parent acknowledgement regarding receipt of policies M.M: no parent acknowledgement regarding receipt of policies

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

Staff are missing the following trainings: S. A: safe sleep (expired 2/2023) M.L.: no food worker card, no safe sleep N.P.: first aid, CPR and food worker cards are expired, no safe sleep

Report (PDF)

Shortlist replaces people’s names in the state’s text with initials. This is done by rule, not by hand, so it can miss a name or shorten a word that isn’t one. The state’s report, linked on each row, has the original.

What it costs

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Details

Phone
(425) 780-9699
Area
Bothell, 98021This home’s state page lists no street address.
License
PL-78175
Quality program
Early Achievers Enrolled

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Sources and dates

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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

Age groups as Washington defines them: WAC 110-300-0005 (infant to 11 months, toddler 12 to 29 months, preschool 30 months to 6 years, school age 5 to 12 years).

Details

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.

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