Chicago · Licensed center
Ladybug Mdl Lincoln1 LLC
A center in Chicago, licensed for 93 children. The state cited something at 10 of 11 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: 10 of 11 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
- April 24, 2026
- On file
- 11 visits since June 2021 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 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.
Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · April 24, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a) · Violation corrected
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(g) · Violation substantiated
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(m) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 577876 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · September 3, 2025
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a) · Violation corrected
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(g) · Violation corrected
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p) · Violation corrected
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 577876 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · August 14, 2025
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)(1) · Violation corrected
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(f)(2) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 577876 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 15, 2025
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 577876 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · April 22, 2024
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (3) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) through (f)(2) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(f)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation substantiated
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(f) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 577876 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 25, 2023
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(e)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 577876 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2023 Monitoring visit 10 findings
Monitoring visit · May 22, 2023
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(1)(c) through (o) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(1)(c) · 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(6) · 407.370(o)
Equipment and Materials
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(f) through (g) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(f) · 407.380(g)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(8) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 577876 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · October 27, 2022
Guidance and Discipline
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) through (c)(6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · 407.270(c)(6)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 577876 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2022 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · June 22, 2022
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(5) through (f)(25) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(5) · 407.210(f)(7) · 407.210(f)(8) · 407.210(f)(19) · 407.210(f)(25)
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(f) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 577876 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2021 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · June 22, 2021
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)
Students and Youth Aides
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.160(b)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 577876 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7739426577
- Address
- 6100 N Lincoln Ave
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
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All checked July 2026.
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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 "LADYBUG MDL LINCOLN1 LLC" under Provider Name and 60659 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 577876).