Lisle · Licensed center
Joy Of Learning Kids Academy
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 89 children.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since August 2025.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
May 8, 20269 citations
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(d)(1)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
Hand Washing
Hand Washing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(3)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Nov 7, 20253 citations
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(f)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(g)
Oct 2, 20252 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1)
Aug 6, 20251 citation
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)
The state cited rules at all 4 of this center's inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times had the same: 59% of 117.
How all 117 Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times compare
Of the 117 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None2%
- 1 of 44%
- 2 of 413%
- 3 of 422%
- All 459%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- May 8, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since August 2025 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 8, 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 9 findings
Monitoring visit · May 8, 2026
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)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(d)(1) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected
Hand Washing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(3) · Violation corrected
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1) · Rule cited again
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 640324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · November 7, 2025
Guidance and Discipline
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) through (g) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · 407.270(f) · 407.270(g)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 640324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · October 2, 2025
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 640324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 6, 2025
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 640324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (630) 716-9955
- Address
- 2793 Maple Ave, Lisle, 60532
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Sources and dates
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "JOY OF LEARNING KIDS ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60532 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 640324).
- Ages on the license — Checked November 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "JOY OF LEARNING KIDS ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60532 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 640324).
Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.