Sammamish · Licensed family home
Hotani Cheshta
Save programs to compare them in ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
- Full-size family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
- Ages on the license: birth to 13 years.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since April 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this home.
Of the 764 Seattle-area family homes with 3 licensing inspections, 34% had rules cited at all 3, as this home did. 11% had none cited.
Licensing inspections
Dec 3, 20251 citation
“3 children whose files were reviewed were missing current CIS form for 2025.”
WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2)
Aug 21, 20243 citations
“Staff MR has expried safe sleep training.”
WAC 110-300-0106(8)
“Child CAS missng immunization form and written documentation to parents about coming to compliance within 30 days.”
WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2), WAC 110-300-0210(3)
“Several children (YP, PV, and POK) missing Department approved CIS forms.”
WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2), WAC 110-300-0210(3)
Apr 9, 20242 citations
“Plastic bags accessible to children in the bathroom.”
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d)
“There was no evidence that emergency plan is being reviewed with all of the parents. There is no evidence that emergecy plan is being reviewed with staff once per year. Fire drill not done for March of 2024. No emergency drills done in 2024.”
WAC 110-300-0470(1)
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- December 3, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since April 2024 — all of them cited findings
- Most serious
- Serious —
Plastic bags accessible to children in the bathroom.
· April 9, 2024
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 1 finding
Licensing visit · December 3, 2025
Immunizations and exempt children
WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2) · Long Term
3 children whose files were reviewed were missing current CIS form for 2025.
Aug 2024 Licensing visit 3 findings
Licensing visit · August 21, 2024
Immunizations and exempt children
WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2) / 110-300-0210(3) · Long Term
Child CAS missng immunization form and written documentation to parents about coming to compliance within 30 days.
Immunizations and exempt children
WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2) / 110-300-0210(3) · Long Term
Several children (YP, PV, and POK) missing Department approved CIS forms.
Apr 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · April 9, 2024
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d) · Serious
Plastic bags accessible to children in the bathroom.
WAC 110-300-0470(1) · Short Term
There was no evidence that emergency plan is being reviewed with all of the parents. There is no evidence that emergecy plan is being reviewed with staff once per year. Fire drill not done for March of 2024. No emergency drills done in 2024.
Shortlist replaces people’s names in the state’s text with initials. This is done by rule, not by hand, so it can miss a name or shorten a word that isn’t one. The state’s report, linked on each row, has the original.
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
- Area
- Sammamish, 98074This home’s state page lists no street address.
- License
- PL-26539, active
Nearby
Programs in Sammamish on the Seattle guideRun Hotani Cheshta? Correct or add anything here, free.
Add what is missingSources 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.
State record
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked October 11, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- License — Checked July 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.