Oak Lawn · Licensed center

Little Lights Academy

At a glance

Medium center, licensed for 82 children.

What to know

License: 6 weeks to 6 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 rules at 4 of its 7 licensing inspections since April 2010.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

Mar 20, 2024Nothing cited
Apr 6, 2023Nothing cited
Nov 9, 20222 citations
- Guidance and Discipline
  Guidance and Discipline
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)
- Napping and Sleeping
  Napping and Sleeping
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(a)(3)
May 6, 20211 citation
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)
Apr 16, 20191 citation
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)
Mar 3, 2016Nothing cited
Apr 20, 201018 citations
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(b)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
  Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)
- Guidance and Discipline
  Guidance and Discipline
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
- Health Requirements for Children
  Health Requirements for Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
- Health Requirements for Children
  Health Requirements for Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)
- Health Requirements for Children
  Health Requirements for Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
- Nutrition and Meal Service
  Nutrition and Meal Service
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h)
- Nutrition and Meal Service
  Nutrition and Meal Service
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)
- Nutrition and Meal Service
  Nutrition and Meal Service
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)
- Napping and Sleeping
  Napping and Sleeping
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
- Equipment and Materials
  Equipment and Materials
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g)(1)
- Equipment and Materials
  Equipment and Materials
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)
- Equipment and Materials
  Equipment and Materials
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)

The state cited rules at 4 of this center's 7 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 7 times had more: 80% of 149 had rules cited at 5 or more.

How all 149 Chicago-area centers inspected 7 times compare

Of the 149 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

2 of 71%
3 of 75%
4 of 714%This center
5 of 714%
6 of 726%
All 740%

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: March 20, 2024
On file: 7 visits since April 2010 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was December 9, 2022. 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 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Apr 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · November 9, 2022

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Violation corrected

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(a)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015448 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 6, 2021

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015448 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 16, 2019

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015448 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2016 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Apr 2010 Monitoring visit 18 findings

Monitoring visit · April 20, 2010

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(4)

Health Requirements for Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5)

Nutrition and Meal Service

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h) through (l)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h) · 407.330(l) · 407.330(l)(1)

Equipment and Materials

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g)(1) through (j)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g)(1) · 407.380(j)(4) · 407.380(j)(5)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(b) · 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

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k) · Violation corrected

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j) · 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 015448 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone: (708) 599-3315
Address: 6343 W 90th Pl, Oak Lawn, 60453

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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 LIGHTS ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60453 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 015448).
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 LIGHTS ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60453 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 015448).

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.