Lynwood · Licensed center
Safari Life B & A School Youth Center
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 80 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 7 of its 8 licensing inspections since August 2016.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jul 19, 2024Nothing cited
Jul 7, 20231 citation
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Jun 25, 20211 citation
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Jul 27, 20203 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(f)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120
Jun 19, 20193 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Jul 23, 20182 citations
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Transportation
Transportation
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(p)
Sep 29, 20163 citations
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)(6)
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
Aug 30, 20161 citation
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
The state cited rules at 7 of this center's 8 inspections. Chicago-area centers inspected 8 times split three ways: 45% had fewer, 18% the same, and 37% more (128 centers).
How all 128 Chicago-area centers inspected 8 times compare
Of the 128 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 8 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 3 of 83%
- 4 of 86%
- 5 of 819%
- 6 of 816%
- 7 of 818%This center
- All 838%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- July 19, 2024
- On file
- 8 visits since August 2016 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was August 6, 2023. 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.
Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 7, 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 551493 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · June 25, 2021
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 551493 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2020 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · July 27, 2020
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120 · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 551493 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · June 19, 2019
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 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 551493 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · July 23, 2018
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Transportation
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(p) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 551493 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2016 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · September 29, 2016
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(6)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 551493 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2016 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 30, 2016
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 551493 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (708) 251-5287
- Address
- 20316 Torrence Ave Unit A, Lynwood, 60411
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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 "SAFARI LIFE B & A SCHOOL YOUTH CENTER" under Provider Name and 60411 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 551493).
- 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 "SAFARI LIFE B & A SCHOOL YOUTH CENTER" under Provider Name and 60411 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 551493).
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.