Chicago · Licensed center
Little Fox Day Care Center
A center in Chicago, licensed for 73 children. The state cited something at 7 of 10 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6).
Medium center. 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: 7 of 10 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
- March 2, 2026
- On file
- 10 visits since October 2010 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 2, 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.
Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · March 2, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (8) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(c)(8)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a) through (l) · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a) · 407.130(l)
Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(b) · Violation corrected
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(e)(1) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 135323 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · February 20, 2025
General Requirements for Personnel
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (8) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(8)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 135323 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · January 30, 2024
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4) through (5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4) · 407.120(e)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 135323 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · January 25, 2023
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(1)(g) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)(1)(g)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(1) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 135323 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · February 1, 2022
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (e)(2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(e)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) through (b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) · 407.370(b)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 135323 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · January 16, 2018
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 135323 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2013 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · February 4, 2013
Guidance and Discipline
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(b) through (c) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(b) · 407.270(c)
Equipment and Materials
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) through (5) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) · 407.380(j)(5)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation substantiated
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 135323 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7735617206
- Website
- littlefoxdayschool.com
- Address
- 5014 North Lincoln
- License
- license issued (il)
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Sources and dates
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All checked July 2026.
State record
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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 "LITTLE FOX DAY CARE CENTER" under Provider Name and 60625 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 135323).
- Website — littlefoxdayschool.com