Tukwila · Licensed family home
Idman Family childcare
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- 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 2 of its 4 licensing inspections since April 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this home.
Of the 365 Seattle-area family homes with 4 licensing inspections, 20% had rules cited at 2 of them, as this home did. 30% had rules cited at all 4, 6% at none.
Licensing inspections
Nov 21, 20251 citation
“When this licensor arrived for an inspection, a deadbolt was being used to lock the front, emergency exit door resulting in the door not being unlocked from the inside. This licensor reviewed examples of door knobs/handles that meet WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) requirements while still being locked from the outside. Within two hours of the inspection, the provider replaced the doorknob with a doorknob that meets WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) requirements.”
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a)
Apr 23, 20241 citation
“Licensor observed 4 0z infant bottle filled with content in the cabinent without date and infants first or last name.”
WAC 110-300-0280(1)
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State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- November 21, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since April 2023 — 2 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
When this licensor arrived for an inspection, a deadbolt was being used to lock the front, emergency exit door resulting in the door not being unlocked from the inside. This licensor reviewed examples of door knobs/handles that meet WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) requirements while still being locked from the outside. Within two hours of the inspection, the provider replaced the doorknob with a doorknob that meets WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) requirements.
· November 21, 2025
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.
Nov 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · November 21, 2025
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious
When this licensor arrived for an inspection, a deadbolt was being used to lock the front, emergency exit door resulting in the door not being unlocked from the inside. This licensor reviewed examples of door knobs/handles that meet WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) requirements while still being locked from the outside. Within two hours of the inspection, the provider replaced the doorknob with a doorknob that meets WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) requirements.
Apr 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · April 23, 2024
WAC 110-300-0280(1) · Short Term
Licensor observed 4 0z infant bottle filled with content in the cabinent without date and infants first or last name.
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Details
- Address
- 13819 51st Ave S, TUKWILA, WA 98168
- License
- PL-80277, active
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 3
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State record
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license, Address — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- License, Quality program — 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.