Kent · Licensed family home
Machen's Night Owl Childcare
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 3 licensing inspections since February 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this home.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Apr 14, 20261 citation
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Licensor reviewed staff files and MERIT and observed the assistant does not have a current food workers card.”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
- Apr 2, 2025Nothing cited
Feb 28, 20241 citation
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Provider and her assistant need to show proof of current Food Handler card”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
The state cited rules at 2 of this home's 3 inspections. Seattle-area family homes inspected 3 times split about evenly: about a third had fewer, a third the same, and a third more (698 family homes).
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%This home
- All 334%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- April 14, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since February 2024 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
110-300-0106(12) Licensor reviewed staff files and MERIT and observed the assistant does not have a current food workers card.
· April 14, 2026
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Apr 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · April 14, 2026
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
110-300-0106(12) Licensor reviewed staff files and MERIT and observed the assistant does not have a current food workers card.
Feb 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · February 28, 2024
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
Provider and her assistant need to show proof of current Food Handler card
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What it costs
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Details
- Phone
- (253) 332-7865
- Address
- 16841 SE 278TH PL, KENT, WA 98042
- License
- PL-8612
- 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
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.
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, Address — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
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.