Lyons · Licensed center
Lyon Cubs Day Nursery School
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 42 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 3 of its licensing inspections since November 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Aug 29, 20259 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)
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)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Sep 6, 20241 citation
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Nov 8, 20234 citations
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
The state cited rules at all 3 of this center's inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 3 times had the same: 57% of 110.
How all 110 Chicago-area centers inspected 3 times compare
Of the 110 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None11%
- 1 of 38%
- 2 of 324%
- All 357%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- August 29, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since November 2023 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 29, 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.
Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · August 29, 2025
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (e)(4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(6) · 407.120(e)(4)
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)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 620989 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 6, 2024
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 620989 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · November 8, 2023
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c) through (6) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 620989 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (708) 447-5536
- Address
- 4262 Joliet Ave, Lyons, 60534
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LYON CUBS DAY NURSERY SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60534 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 620989).
- License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LYON CUBS DAY NURSERY SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60534 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 620989).
- 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 "LYON CUBS DAY NURSERY SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60534 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 620989).
Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; 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.