Chicago · Licensed center
Joyful Learning Center Inc
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 29 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 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since August 2024.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Aug 10, 2026Nothing cited
Mar 12, 20266 citations
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)
Grouping and Staffing
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(g)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24)
Napping and Sleeping
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1)
Aug 19, 20255 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Grouping and Staffing
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(4)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Aug 27, 20241 citation
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 4 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times had more: 59% of 117 had rules cited at all 4.
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%This center
- All 459%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- August 10, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since August 2024 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 12, 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.
Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · March 12, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (7) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(7)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(g) · Violation substantiated
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24) · Violation substantiated
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 629530 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · August 19, 2025
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) through (i) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · 407.100(i)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected on site
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(4) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 629530 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 27, 2024
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 629530 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (708) 906-9120
- Address
- 10721 S Western Ave, Chicago, 60643
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "JOYFUL LEARNING CENTER INC" under Provider Name and 60643 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 629530).
- Website — Checked August 2026 joyfullearningcenters.com
- 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 "JOYFUL LEARNING CENTER INC" under Provider Name and 60643 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 629530).
Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; 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.