Downers Grove · Licensed center
Immanuel Lutheran Church Pre-School
A center in Downers Grove, licensed for 53 children. The state cited something at 9 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: 9 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
- May 18, 2026
- On file
- 9 visits since March 2015 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 1, 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.
May 2026 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · May 18, 2026
Qualifications for Child Care Director
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i)(2) through (3) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i)(2) · 407.130(i)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Repeat violation
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation substantiated
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(i) · Violation substantiated
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Repeat violation
Cited: CCASEC7
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 282087 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 8, 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 282087 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · April 26, 2023
Nutrition and Meal Service
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(f) through (k) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(f) · 407.330(k)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k) · Rule cited again
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · Violation corrected
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3) · Rule cited again
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(5) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 282087 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2022 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · April 5, 2022
Health Requirements for Children
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) through (10) · Rule cited again · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6) · 407.310(a)(10)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (3) · Rule cited again
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(2) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 282087 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2021 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · April 13, 2021
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Rule cited again
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(h) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 282087 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 6, 2019
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 282087 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 25, 2017
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 282087 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2016 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 29, 2016
Hand Washing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 282087 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2015 Monitoring visit 10 findings
Monitoring visit · March 17, 2015
Medications
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) through (e) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) · 407.360(c)(2) · 407.360(e)
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)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4) · Violation corrected
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 282087 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 6303246797
- Address
- 5211 Carpenter At Grove
- 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 "IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH PRE-SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60515 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 282087).