Chicago · Licensed center
Little Folks Day Care
A center in Chicago, licensed for 35 children. The state cited something at 11 of 11 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6).
Small center. 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, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 11 of 11 cited something
Across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 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
- September 12, 2025
- On file
- 11 visits since October 2010 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 12, 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.
Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 12, 2025
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 446652 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · October 10, 2024
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 446652 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 29, 2024
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 446652 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · October 4, 2023
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)(2)(c) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 446652 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · September 26, 2022
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 446652 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 25, 2019
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 446652 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · September 2, 2016
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) through (e) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · 407.260(e)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 446652 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2015 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · September 16, 2015
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 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(f)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 446652 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2014 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · August 22, 2014
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
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)
Outdoor Play Area
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(2) · 407.390(i)(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
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j) · Violation corrected
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(1) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 446652 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2012 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · October 12, 2012
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · 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 446652 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2010 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · October 7, 2010
Outdoor Play Area
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(1) through (l)(5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(1) · 407.390(i)(2) · 407.390(l)(5)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 446652 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
A day here
- Hours
- 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week
Details
- Phone
- 7734192080
- Website
- littlefolksdaycareinc.net
- Address
- 2527 E 73rd St
- License
- license issued (il)
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A day here
- Hours — Checked August 2026 · littlefolksdaycareinc.net
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 · sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LITTLE FOLKS DAY CARE" under Provider Name and 60649 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 446652).
- Website — Checked July 2026 · littlefolksdaycareinc.net