Homewood · Licensed center
Little Hands Child Creative Center Inc
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 54 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 both of its licensing inspections since January 2026.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Feb 17, 20264 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
Grouping and Staffing
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24)
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)
Jan 16, 20268 citations
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)
The state cited rules at both of this center's 2 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected twice had the same: 60% of 83.
How all 83 Chicago-area centers inspected twice compare
Of the 83 Chicago-area centers the state inspected twice, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None13%
- 1 of 227%
- Both60%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- February 17, 2026
- On file
- 2 visits since January 2026 — both cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was February 20, 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.
Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · February 17, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Rule cited again
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d) · Violation corrected on site
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24) · Violation corrected on site
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l) · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 643844 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · January 16, 2026
Organization and Administration
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) through (i) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 407.70(i)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 643844 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 474-0363
- Address
- 740 Ridge Rd, Homewood, 60430
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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 HANDS CHILD CREATIVE CENTER INC" under Provider Name and 60430 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 643844).
- 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 HANDS CHILD CREATIVE CENTER INC" under Provider Name and 60430 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 643844).
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.