Chicago · Licensed center

Learning Through Play Child Dev Center

Medium center, licensed for 49 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: 9 of 10 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: January 26, 2026
On file: 10 visits since January 2017 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was February 25, 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.

Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · January 26, 2026

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(6)

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation substantiated

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(b) · Violation substantiated

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

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

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546873 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 24, 2025

Cited: null

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546873 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · November 18, 2024

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120 through (a)(4) · Violation corrected

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) through (6) · Violation corrected

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

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546873 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · November 27, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (d) · Violation corrected

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation substantiated

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(b) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546873 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · January 18, 2023

Nutrition and Meal Service

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h) through (l)(1) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h) · 407.330(l)(1)

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)(4) · Violation substantiated

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(d)(1) · Violation substantiated

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(5) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546873 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 3, 2021

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 546873 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · January 27, 2020

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected

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

Organization and Administration

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

Personnel Records

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

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(h) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546873 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jan 2018 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · January 31, 2018

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c) through (i)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c) · 407.250(i)(1) · 407.250(i)(2)

Organization and Administration

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

Personnel Records

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

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(h) · Violation corrected

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390 · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546873 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2017 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 10, 2017

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · 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 546873 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

7732789095

Address: 4310 W Fullerton Ave
License: license issued (il)

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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 "LEARNING THROUGH PLAY CHILD DEV CENTER" under Provider Name and 60639 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 546873).