Chicago · Licensed center

Little Friends Preschool

Small center, licensed for 31 children.
Shortlist has found no website for it yet.

What these mean, and where they come from

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, 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 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.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: October 23, 2025
On file: 7 visits since August 2022 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was December 1, 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.

Oct 2025 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · October 23, 2025

Health Requirements for Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i) through (4)(a) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation substantiated

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(n)(2) · Violation substantiated

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Grouping and Staffing

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599788 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · September 11, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

3 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)(8)

Equipment and Materials

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(k) through (5) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(k) · 407.380(j)(5)

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected on site

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f) · Violation corrected

Cited: FHSEC305

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599788 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · October 1, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(2) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5) · Violation corrected

Cited: CCASEC4

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599788 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · September 26, 2023

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(d) · Violation substantiated

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l) · Violation substantiated

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599788 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · October 13, 2022

Grouping and Staffing

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) through (f) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · 407.190(f)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599788 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 22, 2022

Organization and Administration

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

Grouping and Staffing

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599788 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2022 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · August 2, 2022

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation corrected

Organization and Administration

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599788 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

7733179900

Address: 5600 N Ashland Ave
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked August 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 FRIENDS PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60660 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 599788).