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Sarah 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 1 of its 4 licensing inspections since May 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this home.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Sep 5, 2025Nothing cited
  • Mar 11, 2025Nothing cited
  • Nov 20, 2024Nothing cited
  • May 15, 20242 citations
    • Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “The current back door of the home has a lever door knob and a deadbolt. The knob needs to be changed to be a one hand motion exit. The current door if you do not lock the deadbolt the door will easily blow open.”

        WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a)

    • Transportation and off-site activity policySerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “Provider does not have approved CPR/First Aid certificate. Provider did not have the reflective triangles or other device to alert drivers of an emergency.”

        WAC 110-300-0480(2)

The state cited rules at 1 of this home's 4 inspections. Most Seattle-area family homes inspected 4 times had more: 77% of 401 had rules cited at 2 or more.

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

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
September 5, 2025
On file
4 visits since May 2024 — 3 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — The current back door of the home has a lever door knob and a deadbolt. The knob needs to be changed to be a one hand motion exit. The current door if you do not lock the deadbolt the door will easily blow open. · May 15, 2024

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

Sep 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Mar 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Nov 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
May 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · May 15, 2024

Emergency preparation and exiting

WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious

The current back door of the home has a lever door knob and a deadbolt. The knob needs to be changed to be a one hand motion exit. The current door if you do not lock the deadbolt the door will easily blow open.

Transportation and off-site activity policy

WAC 110-300-0480(2) · Serious

Provider does not have approved CPR/First Aid certificate. Provider did not have the reflective triangles or other device to alert drivers of an emergency.

Report (PDF)

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What it costs

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Details

Phone
(206) 778-4853
Area
Seattle, 98178This home’s state page lists no street address.
License
PL-85183
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 2, 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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