# How to read a record — Licensed child care centers and school-age programs in Washington run by companies

> What the record is, what the status means, and what is left out.

## How to read these records

### The record

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families licenses child care centers and school-age programs and publishes each one with its capacity, ages and Early Achievers rating.

### Status

Active license. Centers are shown under the name on their license. Home-based providers are shown only when the name carries a company word; those registered under a person's name are left out. A director's or owner's name is never shown.

### What is not here

Individuals, and any name without a company word (Inc, LLC, Corp, Co…). Owner and contact names, phone numbers
and mailing addresses, which this site never downloads.

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Página: https://washington-child-care-license-records.pages.dev/how-to-read/
Fonte: https://data.wa.gov/d/was8-3ni8
Recolha: 2026-09-07