Schiller Park · Licensed center

A Karrasel Childcare Playhouse

At a glance

Medium center, licensed for 51 children.

What to know

License: 6 weeks to 6 years (state).

The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 1 of its 2 licensing inspections since May 2025.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

Mar 6, 202623 citations
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(3)
- Grouping and Staffing
  Grouping and Staffing
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190
- Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
  Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(6)
- Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
  Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(10)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)
- Health Requirements for Children
  Health Requirements for Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)
- Hand Washing
  Hand Washing
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(b)(2)
- Nutrition and Meal Service
  Nutrition and Meal Service
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)
- Nutrition and Meal Service
  Nutrition and Meal Service
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(m)
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4)
- Napping and Sleeping
  Napping and Sleeping
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c)
- Equipment and Materials
  Equipment and Materials
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a)
- Equipment and Materials
  Equipment and Materials
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g)
- Equipment and Materials
  Equipment and Materials
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)
- Equipment and Materials
  Equipment and Materials
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(6)
- A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
  A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
- A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.
  A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.
May 29, 2025Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 2 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected twice had more: 60% of 83 had rules cited at both.

How all 83 Chicago-area centers inspected twice compare

Of the 83 Chicago-area centers the state inspected twice, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

None13%
1 of 227%This center
Both60%

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: March 6, 2026
On file: 2 visits since May 2025 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: Correction was due April 6, 2026. Illinois DCFS does not publish whether it was made.
Most serious: Illinois DCFS does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

Illinois DCFS cites each subsection of a rule separately, so one audit of a filing cabinet can produce ten citations. It publishes the rule’s title and a correction deadline, but no description of what was observed.

Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 23 findings

Monitoring visit · March 6, 2026

Personnel Records

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) through (e)(3) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(3)

Equipment and Materials

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) through (j)(6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) · 407.380(g) · 407.380(j) · 407.380(j)(6)

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(6)

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(6) through (f)(10) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(6) · 407.210(f)(10)

Nutrition and Meal Service

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) through (m) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · 407.330(m)

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190 · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) · Violation substantiated

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d) · Violation substantiated

Hand Washing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(b)(2) · Violation substantiated

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4) · Violation substantiated

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) · Violation substantiated

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 628901 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Details

Phone: (847) 671-3192
Address: 4248 Grace St, Schiller Park, 60176

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.

Details

Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "A KARRASEL CHILDCARE PLAYHOUSE" under Provider Name and 60176 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 628901).
Ages on the license — Checked November 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "A KARRASEL CHILDCARE PLAYHOUSE" under Provider Name and 60176 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 628901).

Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.

The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.