Seattle · Licensed family home
Ruthie Ann Walker
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
Jan 23, 20261 citation
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Providers food handlers expired in May 2025. Provider needs to retake training asap to be in compliance with the WAC.”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
Mar 27, 20252 citations
Training requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“Provider needs to renew BBP.”
WAC 110-300-0106(10)
Fire safetyShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“Fire extinguisher needs to be replaced or serviced needs to be updated.”
WAC 110-300-0170(2)
- Feb 13, 2024Nothing cited
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
- January 23, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since February 2024 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
Providers food handlers expired in May 2025. Provider needs to retake training asap to be in compliance with the WAC.
· January 23, 2026
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Jan 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · January 23, 2026
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
Providers food handlers expired in May 2025. Provider needs to retake training asap to be in compliance with the WAC.
Mar 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · March 27, 2025
WAC 110-300-0170(2) · Short Term
Fire extinguisher needs to be replaced or serviced needs to be updated.
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What it costs
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Details
- Phone
- (206) 225-8219
- Address
- 4415 Powell PL S, Seattle, WA 98108
- License
- PL-78739
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Enrolled
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
Small means the smallest quarter of Seattle-area’s 1,532 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity: 3 to 6 children. Mid-size is 7 to 11; full-size is 12, the most any Seattle-area family home holds.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.