Chicago · Licensed center

Little Angels Learning Center

Medium center, licensed for 68 children.

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: 13 of 14 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: March 6, 2025
On file: 14 visits since December 2010 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was April 17, 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.

Mar 2025 Monitoring visit 15 findings

Monitoring visit · March 6, 2025

Personnel Records

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

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

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)(7) · 407.100(d)

Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(e) · 407.130(m)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) through (d)(4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) · 407.370(d)(4)

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.50(b)(1) · Violation corrected

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)(7) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427290 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 29, 2024

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)

Background Checks for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427290 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2023 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · February 23, 2023

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1) through (a) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1) · 407.260(f)(1)(a)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427290 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

May 2022 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · May 25, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(2) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(f)

Cited: FHSEC305

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427290 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 1, 2021

Personnel Records

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(e)(1) · 407.120(e)(2)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427290 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 19, 2020

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427290 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · April 5, 2018

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(f)

Cited: FHSEC305

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427290 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2017 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 9, 2017

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · 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 427290 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2016 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 23, 2016

Volunteers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.180(c) · Violation corrected on site

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427290 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2014 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · March 7, 2014

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(j) through (k) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(j) · 407.330(k)

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

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

Volunteers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.180(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427290 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2012 Monitoring visit 19 findings

Monitoring visit · March 13, 2012

Outdoor Play Area

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i) through (l)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i) · 407.390(i)(2) · 407.390(l) · 407.390(l)(1)

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(4) through (h)(7) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(4) · 407.210(f)(23) · 407.210(h)(7)

Nutrition and Meal Service

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) through (m) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · 407.330(l)(2) · 407.330(m)

Hand Washing

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(5) through (b)(4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(5) · 407.320(b)(4)

Medications

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(2) · 407.360(c)(3)

Organization and Administration

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Rule cited again

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2) · Rule cited again

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Equipment and Materials

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427290 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2011 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · February 15, 2011

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)

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2) · 407.340(a)(5)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(5) · 407.370(e)(6)

Grouping and Staffing

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

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e) · Violation corrected

Medications

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427290 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2010 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · December 10, 2010

Personnel Records

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(6)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(e)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427290 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

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Website: 773lalc.com
Address: 6701 S Emerald Ave
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LITTLE ANGELS LEARNING CENTER" under Provider Name and 60621 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 427290).
Website — Checked August 2026 773lalc.com