Berwyn · Licensed center
Happy Bear Child Development Center
- Small center, licensed for 41 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: 6 of 10 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 16, 2026
- On file
- 10 visits since March 2011 — 4 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 16, 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 3 findings
Monitoring visit · April 16, 2026
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190 · Violation substantiated
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · Violation substantiated
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 452964 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2023 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · February 9, 2023
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) through (f)(8) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · 407.210(f)(8)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 452964 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 19, 2022
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 452964 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 26, 2019
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 452964 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2014 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 21, 2014
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 452964 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2011 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 29, 2011
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 452964 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
- 6718 Ogden Ave
- 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 "HAPPY BEAR CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER" under Provider Name and 60402 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 452964).