A viral video about fraud related to child care subsidies in Minnesota has sparked the harassment of day care operators in Federal Way over unsubstantiated claims of similar issues here.
Although detailed reports of the overpayments for child care subsidies that do occasionally occur are publicly available, two reporters not based in Federal Way visited home-based child care facilities in the city to demand access to young children on private property in late December 2025.
The Federal Way Police Department (FWPD) confirmed that “officers did respond to the address after the resident complained about people filming their residence while standing on the sidewalk,” and that “officers determined no crime occurred and closed out the incident.”…