Chicago · Licensed center
Happy Kids Preschool & Daycare Center
- Medium center, licensed for 50 children.
What these mean, and where they come from
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, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 8 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
- December 2, 2025
- On file
- 10 visits since January 2015 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 5, 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.
Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · December 2, 2025
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 535797 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 17, 2024
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 535797 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · December 15, 2023
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 535797 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 20 findings
Monitoring visit · October 26, 2022
Staffing Structure
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a) through (d)(1) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a) · 407.90(a)(1) · 407.90(a)(2) · 407.90(d) · 407.90(d)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(2) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (e)(4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(e)(2) · 407.120(e)(4)
Organization and Administration
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(b) through (g) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(b) · 407.70(g)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(1) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 535797 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · October 12, 2018
Staffing Structure
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(e) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(e) · 407.90(f)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 535797 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · November 22, 2016
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(3) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 535797 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2015 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · December 8, 2015
Health Requirements for Children
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (d) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6) · 407.310(d)
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)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(6) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 535797 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2015 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · January 15, 2015
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)(2)(a) · 407.250(i)(2)(b) · 407.250(i)(2)(d) · 407.250(i)(2)(e) · 407.250(i)(3)
Personnel Records
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(6)
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 535797 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).
A day here
- Hours
- 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM
- Schedule
- full-day, part-day, full-week, part-week
Details
- Website
- happykidspreschool.org
- Address
- 5815 W Irving Park Rd
- License
- license issued (il)
- Ages they serve
- 15 months to 6 years
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A day here
- Hours, Schedule — Checked August 2026 happykidspreschool.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "HAPPY KIDS PRESCHOOL & DAYCARE CENTER" under Provider Name and 60634 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 535797).
- Website — Checked July 2026 happykidspreschool.org
- Ages they serve — Checked August 2026 happykidspreschool.org