Licensed center
Sunshine Tots
A center, licensed for 36 children. No complaint investigation has found a violation here, true of 207 of 218 similar-size Seattle-area centers. Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Small center. Small means the smallest quarter of Seattle-area’s 859 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 6 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 114; large is 115 to 323.
How they teach
Not published
Who cares for your child
Not published
What it costs
Not published
Shortlist can ask Sunshine Tots for what it has not published: how they teach, who is with the children and for how long, what it costs, hours and late pickup, a typical day and sick and biting policies. The answer will go on this page.
What the state has found
No complaint investigation has found a violation since February 2023
207: none11: one to four0: five or more
The 218 Seattle-area centers licensed for 6 to 40 children, the size band this one falls in, as of September 26, 2026.
Larger centers have more complaint investigations, so Sunshine Tots (36 children) is compared with centers its size.
Routine visits: 1 of 1 cited something
Across Seattle-area centers, the state cites something at about 2 in 3 routine visits (1,966 visits). One visit is too few to read as a pattern.
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked September 26, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- June 8, 2026
- On file
- 1 visit, June 2026 — it cited findings
- Fixed?
- Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
- Most serious
- Serious —
Emergency exit, next to the kitchen, has a lock to be turned before opening the door handle. Licensor gave technical assistance for options to come into compliance with a one motion handle if a lock is used.
· June 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.
Jun 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · June 8, 2026
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious
Emergency exit, next to the kitchen, has a lock to be turned before opening the door handle. Licensor gave technical assistance for options to come into compliance with a one motion handle if a lock is used.
A day here
Not published
Details
- Address
- 17050 116th Ave SE
- License
- PL-86544, active
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Enrolled
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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.
All checked September 2026.
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
Details
- Address, License, Quality program — data.wa.gov