Chicago · Licensed center

Lawndale Comm. Day Care

Small center, licensed for 32 children.
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What these mean, and where they come from

Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; 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

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 5, 2024
On file: 9 visits since September 2010 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was January 5, 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 2024 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · December 5, 2024

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) through (e)(7) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) · 407.370(e)(6) · 407.370(e)(7)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(i) · Violation substantiated

Equipment and Materials

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 350253 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 20, 2021

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 350253 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · September 4, 2019

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · 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 350253 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2017 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 17, 2017

Personnel Records

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 350253 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2014 Monitoring visit 19 findings

Monitoring visit · July 22, 2014

Transportation

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280 through (t)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280 · 407.280(d) · 407.280(p) · 407.280(t)(1) · 407.280(t)(2) · 407.280(t)(3)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(a) through (4) · Violation corrected · Rule cited again

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

Health Requirements for Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(4)

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (h) · Violation corrected

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) through (e)(3) · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · 407.260(e)(3)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k) · Rule cited again

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 350253 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2013 Monitoring visit 16 findings

Monitoring visit · September 4, 2013

General Requirements for Personnel

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Rule cited again · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(2) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(f)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(e) through (3) · Violation corrected · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(e) · 407.250(i)(1)(g) · 407.250(i)(1)(h) · 407.250(i)(3)

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) through (g) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · 407.90(g)

Qualifications for Child Care Director

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(e)(2) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(e)(2) · 407.130(j)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(5) through (p)(3) · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(5) · 407.370(p)(3)

Organization and Administration

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

Confidentiality of Records and Information

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.80(b)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 350253 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2012 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · August 31, 2012

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) through (e)(3) · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · 407.260(e)(3)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Rule cited again

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(d) · Rule cited again

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(6) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 350253 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2011 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · August 16, 2011

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) through (4)(a) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) · 407.250(i)(2)(e) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)

Health Requirements for Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

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)

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(a)(3) · Violation corrected

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(j) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(h) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 350253 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2010 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 21, 2010

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)

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

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

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g) · Violation corrected

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 350253 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

7732570497

Address: 1800 S Lawndale 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 "LAWNDALE COMM. DAY CARE" under Provider Name and 60623 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 350253).