Chicago · Licensed center

M & E Day Care LLC/79th Street Day Care

At a glance

Medium center, licensed for 101 children.

What to know

License: 6 weeks to 12 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 March 2012.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

Aug 18, 2026Nothing cited
Jul 1, 20262 citations
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)
Jan 31, 20236 citations
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
- Qualifications for Child Care Director
  Qualifications for Child Care Director
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j)
- Napping and Sleeping
  Napping and Sleeping
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1)(e)
- A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
  A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
- A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
  A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Oct 25, 2021Nothing cited
Feb 15, 2018Nothing cited
Oct 7, 201610 citations
- Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
  Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c)
- Napping and Sleeping
  Napping and Sleeping
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e)
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
  Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)
- Grouping and Staffing
  Grouping and Staffing
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f)
- Hand Washing
  Hand Washing
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(c)
- Napping and Sleeping
  Napping and Sleeping
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j)
Mar 27, 201210 citations
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
- Napping and Sleeping
  Napping and Sleeping
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j)
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(1)
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10)
- Grouping and Staffing
  Grouping and Staffing
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)
- Napping and Sleeping
  Napping and Sleeping
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c)
- Napping and Sleeping
  Napping and Sleeping
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(2)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
  Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

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: August 18, 2026
On file: 7 visits since March 2012 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was July 31, 2026. 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 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 1, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (8) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(8)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490383 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · January 31, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation substantiated

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation substantiated

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j) · Violation substantiated

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1)(e) · Violation substantiated

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490383 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Feb 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Oct 2016 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · October 7, 2016

Napping and Sleeping

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e) through (j) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e) · 407.350(j)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation substantiated

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation substantiated

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f) · Violation corrected on site

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation substantiated

Hand Washing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(c) · Violation corrected on site

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490383 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2012 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · March 27, 2012

Napping and Sleeping

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) through (j) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) · 407.350(i)(2) · 407.350(j)

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(1) · 407.340(a)(2)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10) through (f)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10) · 407.370(f)(1)

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected on site

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490383 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone: (773) 585-7979
Address: 3728 W 79th St, Chicago, 60652

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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 "M & E DAY CARE LLC/79TH STREET DAY CARE" under Provider Name and 60652 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 490383).
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 "M & E DAY CARE LLC/79TH STREET DAY CARE" under Provider Name and 60652 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 490383).

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.