Chicago · Licensed center
Lsj Afterschool Center III
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 60 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 all 4 of its licensing inspections since December 2024.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Sep 11, 20251 citation
Equipment and Materials
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)
Feb 26, 20251 citation
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)
Jan 3, 20253 citations
Provisions Pertaining to Permits
Provisions Pertaining to Permits
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.65
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(o)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g)
Dec 5, 20246 citations
Provisions Pertaining to Permits
Provisions Pertaining to Permits
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.65(f)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)(1)
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(f)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(1)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4)
The state cited rules at all 4 of this center's inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times had the same: 59% of 117.
How all 117 Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times compare
Of the 117 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None2%
- 1 of 44%
- 2 of 413%
- 3 of 422%
- All 459%This center
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.
Who cares for your child
Janeth Arrieta (Director) since 2018.
8 years · Chicago-area median 16, among 26 that publish
Details
- Phone
- (773) 780-6882
- Address
- 2899 S Archer Ave, Chicago, 60608
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, a typical day, sick and biting policies, and who owns it. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
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Who cares for your child
State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. 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
- 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 "LSJ AFTERSCHOOL CENTER III" under Provider Name and 60608 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 631324).
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.