Glenwood · Licensed center
Little Scholars Child Care Dev Ct Inc
A center in Glenwood, licensed for 224 children. The state cited something at 7 of 9 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Large center. Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.
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 9 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
- May 15, 2026
- On file
- 9 visits since July 2017 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 11, 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.
Jun 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 11, 2025
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation substantiated
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532281 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · May 11, 2022
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532281 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2020 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · July 31, 2020
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation substantiated
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532281 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2019 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · January 10, 2019
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) through (p) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(o) · 407.370(o)(1) · 407.370(o)(2) · 407.370(p)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532281 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · May 1, 2018
Guidance and Discipline
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(2) through (6) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(2) · 407.270(c)(6)
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(h) through (l) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(h) · 407.310(l)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532281 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2017 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · August 29, 2017
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(19) through (24) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(19) · 407.210(f)(24)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532281 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2017 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · July 15, 2017
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d) · Repeat violation
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(i) · Repeat violation
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532281 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7083006622
- Address
- 297 E Lansing Road
- License
- license issued (il)
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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 SCHOLARS CHILD CARE DEV CT INC" under Provider Name and 60425 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 532281).