Takaba Family Childcare

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What kind of place is this?

Size 10 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

How this compares

Washington DCYF cited something at 3 of the 5 visits below. Across Seattle home daycares it cites something at about 63% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Seattle with Seattle and never with another state.

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

State quality rating Early Achievers Level 3
License status Active

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
December 1, 2025
On file
5 visits since May 2023 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
SeriousSmall little tykes slide is placed on top of concrete. · May 25, 2023

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.

Dec 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Jun 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · June 4, 2025

Staff records

WAC 110-300-0115(1) · Long Term

Provider is missing updated first aid, CPR , food handler and bloodborne pathogen in MERIT.

Report (PDF)

Dec 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · December 18, 2024

Fire safety

WAC 110-300-0170(3)(i) · Short Term

Fire extinguisher was removed from being mounted to get serviced and was not mounted again.

Emergency preparedness plan

WAC 110-300-0470(4)(a) · Short Term

Fire drill was not completed for October and November.

Report (PDF)

Dec 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
May 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · May 25, 2023

Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning space

WAC 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b) · Serious

Small little tykes slide is placed on top of concrete.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Takaba Family Childcare hasn’t published

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

Ask what changed after the one finding Washington DCYF ranked Serious in May 2023.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed. The rest carry its lower risk levels.

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.

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 Takaba Family Childcare? 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.