Seattle · Licensed family home
Sarah Daycare
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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 1 of its 4 licensing inspections since May 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this home.
Of the 365 Seattle-area family homes with 4 licensing inspections, 17% had rules cited at 1 of them, as this home did. 30% had rules cited at all 4, 6% at none.
Licensing inspections
May 15, 20242 citations
“Provider does not have approved CPR/First Aid certificate. Provider did not have the reflective triangles or other device to alert drivers of an emergency.”
WAC 110-300-0480(2)
“The current back door of the home has a lever door knob and a deadbolt. The knob needs to be changed to be a one hand motion exit. The current door if you do not lock the deadbolt the door will easily blow open.”
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a)
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State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- September 5, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since May 2024 — 3 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
Provider does not have approved CPR/First Aid certificate. Provider did not have the reflective triangles or other device to alert drivers of an emergency.
· May 15, 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.
May 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · May 15, 2024
Transportation and off-site activity policy
WAC 110-300-0480(2) · Serious
Provider does not have approved CPR/First Aid certificate. Provider did not have the reflective triangles or other device to alert drivers of an emergency.
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious
The current back door of the home has a lever door knob and a deadbolt. The knob needs to be changed to be a one hand motion exit. The current door if you do not lock the deadbolt the door will easily blow open.
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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
- Seattle, 98178This home’s state page lists no street address.
- License
- PL-85183, active
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Enrolled
Nearby
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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 — 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.