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Busy Bees Child Development Center II

busybeeschildrencenter.com

At a glance

  • Large play-based center, licensed for 148 children.

What to know

License: 2 years to 12 years (state). They serve: infants, preschool, and school age children (their website).

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 all 4 of its licensing inspections since September 2013.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Mar 11, 20265 citations
    • Nutrition and Meal Service

      • Nutrition and Meal Service

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

    • General Requirements for Personnel

      • General Requirements for Personnel

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

    • Nutrition and Meal Service

      • Nutrition and Meal Service

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k)(1)

    • General Requirements for Personnel

      • General Requirements for Personnel

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)

    • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

      • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

  • Nov 4, 20194 citations
    • Equipment and Materials

      • Equipment and Materials

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g)

    • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

      • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)

    • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

      • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)

    • Program Requirements for All Ages

      • Program Requirements for All Ages

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(f)(5)

  • Jan 16, 20156 citations
    • Staffing Structure

      • Staffing Structure

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2)

    • Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

      • Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(2)

    • Provisions Pertaining to the License

      • Provisions Pertaining to the License

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(d)

    • General Requirements for Personnel

      • General Requirements for Personnel

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

    • Health Requirements for Children

      • Health Requirements for Children

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)

    • Health Requirements for Children

      • Health Requirements for Children

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)

  • Sep 4, 20133 citations
    • Grouping and Staffing

      • Grouping and Staffing

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(a)

    • Transportation

      • Transportation

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(b)

The state cited rules at all 4 of this center's inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times had the same: 59% of 117.

How all 117 Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times compare

Of the 117 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None2%
  • 1 of 44%
  • 2 of 413%
  • 3 of 422%
  • All 459%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
March 11, 2026
On file
4 visits since September 2013 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was April 11, 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 5 findings

Monitoring visit · March 11, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (i) · Violation corrected on site

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k)(1) through (l)(1) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 519995 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · November 4, 2019

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) through (r) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(r)

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(f)(5) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 519995 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2015 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · January 16, 2015

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) · 407.310(d)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(d) · Violation corrected

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 519995 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2013 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 4, 2013

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Transportation

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 519995 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

A day here

Meals
Provides warm, nutritious meals

How they teach

Play-based

“We believe that a great way to learn is through play and hands-on experience. We provide opportunities to gain experiences by encouraging social interactions and play.”

Details

Phone
(312) 888-3167
Address
2351b S Wentworth Ave Fl 2, Chicago, 60616

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How they teach

State record

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

A day here

Details

Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.

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

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