Washington DCYF cited something at 3 of the 4 visits below. Across Seattle centers it cites something at about 67% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Seattle with Seattle and never with another state.
Licensor observed plastic bags accessible to children. Date Disputed Date Disputed· April 8, 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.
Licensing visit · April 8, 2026
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d) · Serious
Licensor observed plastic bags accessible to children. Date Disputed Date Disputed
WAC 110-300-0470(4)(b) · Short Term
Licensor observed earthquake, lockdown or shelter in place drill have not been completed every three months. Fire drills are done by each classroom and the fire drill document is not up to date.
Licensing visit · April 29, 2025
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
Some staff need to renew the food worker card. Some staff need to renew safe sleep training.
Licensing visit · January 13, 2023
WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(ii) / 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i) · Serious
One epi pen medication is missing the prescription box. 2 epi pen prescription's are expired.
Sick and biting policies.
Ask what changed after the three findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in April 2026.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed. The rest carry its lower risk levels.
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.
Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.
Not yet reported: ages served, schedule.
Pricing per provider website, checked July 2026.
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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