Elmhurst · Licensed center
Buttons & Bows Coop Nurs I
- Small center, licensed for 36 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What these mean, and where they come from
Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 11 of 11 cited something
Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits.
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- April 29, 2026
- On file
- 11 visits since May 2012 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 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.
Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · April 29, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Rule cited again
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 003564 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 29, 2025
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 003564 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 15, 2024
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 003564 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · April 24, 2023
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 003564 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · April 20, 2022
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(10) · Violation corrected
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 003564 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · October 28, 2020
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 003564 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · June 28, 2019
Medications
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(d)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(d)(2) · 407.360(d)(4)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 003564 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 26, 2017
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h) · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 003564 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2015 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · May 5, 2015
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(h) · Rule cited again
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(k) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 003564 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2014 Monitoring visit 16 findings
Monitoring visit · May 29, 2014
General Requirements for Personnel
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (h) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(f) · 407.100(h)
Equipment and Materials
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) through (j)(5) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) · 407.380(j)(4) · 407.380(j)(5)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (b) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(b)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3) through (f)(1)(c) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3) · 407.260(f)(1)(c)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(h) · Violation corrected
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation corrected
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4) · Violation corrected on site
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(a) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 003564 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2012 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 11, 2012
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 003564 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
How the comparison is built
Routine visits: across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).
Details
- Address
- 314 W Vallette St
- License
- license issued (il)
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Details
- Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BUTTONS & BOWS COOP NURS I" under Provider Name and 60126 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 003564).