ZIP 98118 · Licensed center
Tiny Tots Development Center Org
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 80 children.
What to know
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 April 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jul 31, 2026Nothing cited
- Aug 4, 2025Nothing cited
May 13, 20251 citation
Fire safetyShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“The last fire safety inspection was conducted in 2023.”
WAC 110-300-0170(2)
- Apr 25, 2024Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 4 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times had more: 79% of 272 had rules cited at 2 or more.
How all 272 Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times compare
Of the 272 Seattle-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None7%
- 1 of 415%This center
- 2 of 417%
- 3 of 433%
- All 429%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- July 31, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since April 2024 — 3 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Short Term —
The last fire safety inspection was conducted in 2023.
· May 13, 2025
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
May 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · May 13, 2025
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What it costs
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A day here
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch, and a snack provided; meal type depends on the type of care and time of day; meals provided through the USDA Food and Nutrition Services program (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Who cares for your child
Helen Hicks (Founder) since 1969.
57 years · Seattle-area median 13, among 77 that publish
Details
- Phone
- (206) 723-1590
- Address
- 3939 S Othello St Bldg C, 98118
- License
- PL-81956
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 5
- Established
- 1969
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, Working Connections subsidy, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, sick and biting policies, and who owns it. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
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.
Who cares for your child
- Staff tinytotsdc.com
State record
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked November 3, 2026.
Washington’s four risk levels, highest first: Immediate, Serious, Short Term, Long Term. Deadlines from DCYF procedure PRO 10.1.21.
Ages
A day here
- Meals — Checked September 2026 tinytotsdc.com
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Website — Checked July 2026 tinytotsdc.com
- Address, License — Checked June 2026 data.wa.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.wa.gov
- Ages they serve — Checked September 2026 tinytotsdc.com
- Established — Checked September 2026 tinytotsdc.com
Medium means the middle half of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 115 children. Small is 6 to 40; large is 116 to 323.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.