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Jose Marti Child Development Center at Hirabayashi Place

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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 2 of its 3 licensing inspections since August 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

Of the 406 Seattle-area centers with 3 licensing inspections, 36% had rules cited at 2 of them, as this center did. 33% had rules cited at all 3, 11% at none.

Licensing inspections

Dec 4, 2025No rules cited
Jul 19, 20241 citation

  • “In 2 classrooms, emergency exits viewed blocked with baby gates. Fire emergency door exit in the hallway observed partially blocked with a table used for teacher parent conferences.”

    WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c)

Aug 1, 20231 citation

  • “5 out of 6 children medications inspected, one permission form did not include over the counter medication consent from the parent, current consent was for the Epi pen only.”

    WAC 110-300-0215(3)

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State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
December 4, 2025
On file
3 visits since August 2023 — 1 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — In 2 classrooms, emergency exits viewed blocked with baby gates. Fire emergency door exit in the hallway observed partially blocked with a table used for teacher parent conferences. · July 19, 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 nothing cited Report (PDF)
Jul 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · July 19, 2024

Emergency preparation and exiting

WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c) · Serious

In 2 classrooms, emergency exits viewed blocked with baby gates. Fire emergency door exit in the hallway observed partially blocked with a table used for teacher parent conferences.

Report (PDF)

Aug 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · August 1, 2023

Medication

WAC 110-300-0215(3) · Serious · No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026

5 out of 6 children medications inspected, one permission form did not include over the counter medication consent from the parent, current consent was for the Epi pen only.

Report (PDF)

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Openings, Working Connections subsidy, cost, and ratios and staff aren’t on this page.

How they teach

Creative Curriculum and bilingual–inspired

“Our bilingual programming is based on elements of the Soy Bilingüe curriculum”

A day here

Hours
10 hours a day, 5 days a week
Meals
Breakfast, lunch and a snack served daily and included in tuition; USDA program; allergy substitutions made; families may not bring their own food
Sleep
Rest time offered in all classrooms for all ages; sleep not required; teachers encourage at least 20-30 minutes of rest, then quiet activities if still awake
Schedule
full-week

Policies

Special needs
Supports for children with special needs; help with the referral process and connecting to other resources
Enrollment
Waitlist-based; priority given to siblings already enrolled, participants in El Centro de la Raza's other programs, residents of the apartment buildings above the centers (including Hirabayashi Place), and — to support diversity goals — immigrant communities, families of color, and subsidy/low-income-qualifying families

Details

(206) 957-4607

Website
elcentrodelaraza.org
Address
424 S Main Street
License
PL-14360, active
Quality program
Early Achievers Level 4
Ages they serve
15 months to 5 years

Nearby

All in ZIP 98104

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How they teach

State record

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

A day here

Policies

Details

Medium means the middle half of Seattle-area’s 859 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 6 to 40; large is 115 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.

Nearby

The other centers’ visit lines are from Washington DCYF’s published reports as Shortlist read them on October 10, 2026.