Chicago · Licensed center
Little Bear Day Care LLC
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 59 children.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since July 2025.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jun 16, 20264 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(3)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(2)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(5)
Sep 25, 20251 citation
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24)
Aug 28, 20256 citations
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(8)
Napping and Sleeping
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(f)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
Program Requirements for All Ages
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(f)(5)
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k)(2)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Jul 22, 20259 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1)
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
Equipment and Materials
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)
Napping and Sleeping
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(h)(6)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(10)
The state cited rules at all 4 of this center's inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times had the same: 59% of 117.
How all 117 Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times compare
Of the 117 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None2%
- 1 of 44%
- 2 of 413%
- 3 of 422%
- All 459%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- June 16, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since July 2025 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 16, 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.
Jun 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · June 16, 2026
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (e)(5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(e)(2) · 407.120(e)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 636885 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 25, 2025
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 636885 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · August 28, 2025
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(f)(5) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(8) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k)(2) · Violation corrected
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(f) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 636885 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · July 22, 2025
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7) through (h)(6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7) · 407.210(f)(10) · 407.210(h)(6)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) through (f)(1) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) · 407.370(f)(1)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected on site
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i) · Violation corrected
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 636885 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 581-1110
- Address
- 6411 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago, 60629
- Ownership
- For-profit
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LITTLE BEAR DAY CARE LLC" under Provider Name and 60629 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 636885).
- Ages on the license — Checked November 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LITTLE BEAR DAY CARE LLC" under Provider Name and 60629 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 636885).
- Ownership — Checked October 2026 data.cityofchicago.org
Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.