Lynwood · Licensed center
Childrens Place Learning Center
A center in Lynwood, licensed for 55 children. The state cited something at 5 of 7 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Medium center. Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; 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: 5 of 7 cited something
Across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 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
- October 17, 2025
- On file
- 7 visits since October 2023 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was November 16, 2025. 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.
Oct 2025 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · October 17, 2025
Personnel Records
6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (f)(1) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(e)(3) · 407.120(e)(4) · 407.120(e)(5) · 407.120(f)(1)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation substantiated
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)(1) · Violation substantiated
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · 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(e) · Violation substantiated
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 620481 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · October 3, 2024
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation substantiated
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation substantiated
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(f)(2) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) · Violation substantiated
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 620481 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · May 24, 2024
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) · Violation substantiated
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 620481 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · November 9, 2023
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (d) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(d)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 620481 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2023 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · October 19, 2023
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) through (e)(5) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(4) · 407.120(e)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation substantiated
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 620481 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7087578468
- Address
- 21591 E Lincoln Hwy
- License
- license issued (il)
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All checked August 2026.
State record
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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 "CHILDRENS PLACE LEARNING CENTER" under Provider Name and 60411 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 620481).