Braidwood · Licensed center
Playhouse Academy
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 82 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 8 of its 10 licensing inspections since January 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Feb 2, 2026Nothing cited
- Dec 6, 2024Nothing cited
Aug 29, 20241 citation
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(i)(1)
Nov 3, 20231 citation
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Oct 3, 20231 citation
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
May 4, 20221 citation
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Apr 11, 20223 citations
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11)
Mar 11, 20221 citation
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2)
Feb 10, 20223 citations
Special Requirements for School-Age Children
Special Requirements for School-Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(c)(2)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Jan 10, 202222 citations
Staffing Structure
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(f)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(a)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(b)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(e)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(1)
Napping and Sleeping
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1)
Napping and Sleeping
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(4)
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(h)
Napping and Sleeping
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
The state cited rules at 8 of this center's 10 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 10 or more times had rules cited at some but not all of theirs, as this center did: 78% of 868.
How all 868 Chicago-area centers inspected 10 or more times compare
Of the 868 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 10 or more times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- Some78%This center
- All22%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- February 2, 2026
- On file
- 10 visits since January 2022 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 29, 2024. 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 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 29, 2024
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(i)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 604757 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · November 3, 2023
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 604757 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 3, 2023
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 604757 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 4, 2022
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 604757 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · April 11, 2022
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) through (3) · Rule cited again
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) · 407.310(a)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 604757 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 11, 2022
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 604757 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · February 10, 2022
Special Requirements for School-Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(c)(2) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 604757 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2022 Monitoring visit 22 findings
Monitoring visit · January 10, 2022
Napping and Sleeping
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1) through (j) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1) · 407.350(c) · 407.350(h) · 407.350(i)(4) · 407.350(j)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(a) through (4)(a) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(a) · 407.250(i)(2)(b) · 407.250(i)(2)(e) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Health Requirements for Children
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) through (r) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · 407.370(r)
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(f)(1) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(1) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 604757 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (815) 458-3401
- Address
- 306 S Division St, Braidwood, 60408
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Sources and dates
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "PLAYHOUSE ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60408 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 604757).
- 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 "PLAYHOUSE ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60408 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 604757).
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.