Chicago · Licensed center

Ladybug Mdl Van Buren 4 LLC

Medium center, licensed for 57 children.
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What these mean, and where they come from

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 6 cited something

Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine 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: December 4, 2025
On file: 6 visits since March 2022 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was December 19, 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.

Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 15 findings

Monitoring visit · December 4, 2025

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) through (o) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) · 407.370(e)(6) · 407.370(e)(9) · 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(f)(2) · 407.370(o)

Qualifications for Child Care Director

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i)(1) through (2) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i)(1) · 407.130(i)(2)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(g) through (4)(a) · Violation substantiated · Repeat violation

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(g) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Repeat violation

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected on site

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)(i) · Violation substantiated

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5) · Violation substantiated

Cited: FHSEC305

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Repeat violation

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605168 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 14 findings

Monitoring visit · January 27, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) through (f) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (3) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(3)

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) · 407.310(a)(6)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) through (11) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(11)

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation substantiated

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2) · Violation substantiated

Medications

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e) · Violation substantiated

Cited: CCASEC4

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 605168 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2023 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · February 1, 2023

Personnel Records

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (5) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(5)

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (d) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(d)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605168 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 23, 2022

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)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605168 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2022 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · May 3, 2022

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) through (11) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(6) · 407.370(e)(8) · 407.370(e)(11)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c) · Violation corrected

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605168 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 30, 2022

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)(2) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605168 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).

Details

3128886076

Address: 336 S Halsted St
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked August 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 VAN BUREN 4 LLC" under Provider Name and 60661 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 605168).