Seattle · Licensed family home

1st Start Learning Family Home Center LLC

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Full-size family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
Ages on the license: birth to 13 years.
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What the state has found

The state cited no rules at any of its 3 licensing inspections since October 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this home.

Of the 764 Seattle-area family homes with 3 licensing inspections, 11% had no rules cited at any of them, as this home did. 34% had rules cited at all 3.

Licensing inspections

Dec 12, 2025No rules cited

Sep 12, 2024No rules cited

Oct 26, 2023No rules cited

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State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit: December 12, 2025
On file: 3 visits since October 2023 — all of them cited nothing
Fixed?: Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
Most serious: Nothing was cited at any visit on file.

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)

Sep 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

Oct 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

Openings, Working Connections subsidy, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

Details

(206) 387-8004

Address: 11809 56TH PL S, SEATTLE, WA 98178
License: PL-11161, active
Quality program: Early Achievers Level 3

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All in ZIP 98178

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State record

From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

Phone, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 findchildcarewa.org
Ages on the license, Address — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org

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.