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Shari Brown's Day Care

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 all 3 of its licensing inspections since May 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this home.

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Licensing inspections

  • Apr 16, 20261 citation
    • Immunizations and exempt childrenLong Term. The state’s lowest risk level. Fix within 20 business days, no recheck.

      • “One child was missing an immunization record, and two additional files had not been updated annually.”

        WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2)

  • Mar 3, 20252 citations
    • Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “A sufficient device to support phone operation for five hours was not located during the visit. 110-300-0166(3)(b) - The clear sliding glass door downstairs was locked.”

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

    • Fire safetyShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.

      • “The fire inspection was not completed annually.”

        WAC 110-300-0170(2)

  • May 22, 20241 citation
    • Fire safetyShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.

      • “The required annual fire inspection has not been conducted in the past year.”

        WAC 110-300-0170(2)

The state cited rules at all 3 of this home's inspections. Most Seattle-area family homes inspected 3 times had fewer: 66% of 698.

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%
  • All 334%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
April 16, 2026
On file
3 visits since May 2024 — all of them cited findings
Most serious
Serious — 110-300-0166(2)(b) - A sufficient device to support phone operation for five hours was not located during the visit. 110-300-0166(3)(b) - The clear sliding glass door downstairs was locked. · March 3, 2025

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

Apr 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · April 16, 2026

Immunizations and exempt children

WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2) · Long Term

One child was missing an immunization record, and two additional files had not been updated annually.

Report (PDF)

Mar 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · March 3, 2025

Emergency preparation and exiting

WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious

110-300-0166(2)(b) - A sufficient device to support phone operation for five hours was not located during the visit. 110-300-0166(3)(b) - The clear sliding glass door downstairs was locked.

Fire safety

WAC 110-300-0170(2) · Short Term

The fire inspection was not completed annually.

Report (PDF)

May 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · May 22, 2024

Fire safety

WAC 110-300-0170(2) · Short Term

The required annual fire inspection has not been conducted in the past year.

Report (PDF)

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Details

Phone
(206) 962-9285
Area
Renton, 98059This home’s state page lists no street address.
License
PL-22230
Quality program
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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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