Stefansson Daycare

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What kind of place is this?

Size 12 children licensed In the middle half for Seattle home daycares, where the middle half licenses 6–12. Measured across 1,532 Seattle home daycares, 2026-08-17.

Who runs it

Ownership For-profit Washington DCYF issued this licence to an individual, not to a company. A licence held by a person is a sole proprietorship. findchildcarewa.org

Will it fit our family?

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

License status Active

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
November 5, 2025
On file
3 visits since August 2023 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
SeriousStorage room did not have lock or method to prevent child access. · January 21, 2025

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.

Nov 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Jan 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · January 21, 2025

Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies

WAC 110-300-0260(2)(a)(b) · Serious

Storage room did not have lock or method to prevent child access.

Report (PDF)

Aug 2023 Licensing visit 4 findings

Licensing visit · August 15, 2023

Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning space

WAC 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b) · Serious · No longer displayed by the state

Two seat swings were arranged in hanging from the upper deck that without a six foot fall/hazard zone in CPSC guidelines. Two seat swings were placed above groundcover that did not meet CSPS requirements for impact resistant material. Correction

Emergency preparation and exiting

WAC 110-300-0166(4)(b) · Serious · No longer displayed by the state

Proivder had two bedrooms, used for napping, that did not have two emergency exits. The room's doors lead to the same emergency exit pathway. The two bedrooom each have a window with an interior height of more that 44 inches above interior floor. Date Disputed Date Disputed 110-300-0166(4)(c)(ii)(iii)(Iv)(v)(vi)(vii) Serious 08/22/2023

Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies

WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) / 110-300-0260(2)(a)(b) · Serious · No longer displayed by the state

There were items labeled "keep out of reach of children", including laundry soap and sanitizing products, stored in restroom that were accessible to children. Storage cabinets in restroom did not have locks and were accessible to children. Date Disputed Date Disputed

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious · No longer displayed by the state

Assistant J.W. had expired food handler permits. Provider and assistant J.W. had expired Safe Sleep.

Individual employees are shown by initials. The state’s report, linked above, names them in full.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Stefansson Daycare hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask what changed after the five findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in January 2025.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed.

Sources and dates

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

Licensing and contact

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

Do you run Stefansson Daycare? Shortlist has no tuition, hours or ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.