Chicago · Licensed center

Les Finch Learning Tree Day Nurs School

What these mean, and where they come from

Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.

What it costs

From $628 a month

Chicago-area comparison hidden until they say which age this price is for.

Application fee $30.

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What the state has found

Routine visits: 6 of 7 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.

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
May 6, 2026
On file
7 visits since April 2014 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was June 6, 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.

May 2026 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · May 6, 2026

Personnel Records

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(4)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · Violation substantiated

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d) · Violation corrected on site

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l) · Violation substantiated

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Feb 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 22, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

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

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Mar 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 11, 2020

General Requirements for Personnel

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

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Jan 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Apr 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 11, 2017

Personnel Records

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

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Apr 2016 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 26, 2016

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f) · 407.370(f)(2)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509829 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2014 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · April 29, 2014

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected

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

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(6)

Medications

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(2) through (d)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(2) · 407.360(d)(2)

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

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

Substitutes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.170(a) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(j)(1) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509829 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).

A day here

Meals
Breakfast, lunch, and PM snack provided through the CACFP Food Program (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Hours
6:00 AM to 5:00 PM, 5 days a week, year round
Closed
closed on major holidays and select additional days throughout the year (the brand’s policy for all its schools)

Details

7735215434

Website
lesfinchlearningtree.com
Address
4217 W 16th St
License
pending renewal application (rn)
Ages they serve
beginning at age two through kindergarten, plus before/after school care for school-age children
Established
1969

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