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Little Giants

At a glance

  • Small center, licensed for 16 children.

What to know

License: 2 years to 5 years (state).

The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.

What the state has found

The state cited no rules at any of its 3 licensing inspections since January 2023.

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Licensing inspections

  • Mar 5, 2026Nothing cited
  • Feb 25, 2025Nothing cited
  • Jan 25, 2023Nothing cited

The state cited no rules at any of this center's 3 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 3 times had at least one: 89% of 110.

How all 110 Chicago-area centers inspected 3 times compare

Of the 110 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None11%This center
  • 1 of 38%
  • 2 of 324%
  • All 357%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
March 5, 2026
On file
3 visits since January 2023 — all of them cited nothing
Fixed?
Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
Most serious
Nothing was cited at any visit on file.

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 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jan 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Details

Phone
(224) 765-2800
Address
433 Vine Ave, Highland Park, 60035

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LITTLE GIANTS" under Provider Name and 60035 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 597882).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LITTLE GIANTS" under Provider Name and 60035 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 597882).
  • 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 GIANTS" under Provider Name and 60035 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 597882).

Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; 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.

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