Chicago · Licensed center

Lsj Afterschool Center III

What these mean, and where they come from

Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.

Who cares for your child

Ratio not published

Janeth Arrieta (Director) since 2018. Nine other staff are named on their site, with no start years given.

Of 5,346 Chicago-area providers, 27 publish how long a named staff member has been there; the longest tenure at each of those has a median of sixteen years.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 4 of 4 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
September 11, 2025
On file
4 visits since December 2024 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 15, 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.

Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 11, 2025

Equipment and Materials

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 631324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 26, 2025

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 631324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · January 3, 2025

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

Provisions Pertaining to Permits

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.65 · Violation corrected

Organization and Administration

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 631324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · December 5, 2024

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4) through (j)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4) · 407.370(j)(1)

Provisions Pertaining to Permits

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.65(f) · Violation corrected

Organization and Administration

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

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 631324 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

7737806882

Website
littlescholarsjourney.com
Address
2899 S Archer Ave
License
license issued (il)

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Details

  • Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LSJ AFTERSCHOOL CENTER III" under Provider Name and 60608 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 631324).
  • Website — Checked August 2026 littlescholarsjourney.com