Oak Lawn · Licensed center
Haven For Tots Day Care & Pre-School
A center in Oak Lawn, licensed for 73 children. The state cited something at 6 of 9 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: 6 of 9 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 28, 2025
- On file
- 9 visits since December 2019 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was November 28, 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 9 findings
Monitoring visit · October 28, 2025
Outdoor Play Area
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(1) through (m) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(1) · 407.390(i)(2) · 407.390(m)
Organization and Administration
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) through (l) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 407.70(l)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(4)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e) · 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 582540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2025 Monitoring visit 38 findings
Monitoring visit · March 12, 2025
Health Requirements for Children
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310 through (a)(6) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310 · 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)
Hand Washing
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320 through (c) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320 · 407.320(a)(2) · 407.320(a)(3) · 407.320(c)
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100 through (c)(5) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100 · 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5)
Nutrition and Meal Service
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330 through (p)(1) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330 · 407.330(p) · 407.330(p)(1)
Organization and Administration
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70 through (k)(3) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70 · 407.70(k)(3)
Staffing Structure
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a) through (1) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a) · 407.90(a)(1)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120 through (a)(3) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120 · 407.120(a)(3)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130 through (a)(2) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130 · 407.130(a)(2)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(19) through (20) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(19) · 407.210(f)(20)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250 through (d) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250 · 407.250(d)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260 through (f)(1) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260 · 407.260(f)(1)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340 through (a)(5) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340 · 407.340(a)(5)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370 through (e)(11) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370 · 407.370(e)(11)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated
Special Requirements for School-Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220 · Violation substantiated
Intergenerational Programs
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.230 · Violation substantiated
Evening, Night, Weekend and Holiday Care
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.240 · Violation substantiated
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380 · Violation substantiated
Outdoor Play Area
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(m) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · October 4, 2023
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 7, 2021
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · January 30, 2020
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l) · 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 582540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · December 5, 2019
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7084223314
- Address
- 4660 W 94th St
- 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 "HAVEN FOR TOTS DAY CARE & PRE-SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60453 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 582540).