Chicago · Licensed center

Teddy Bear Nursery Schools LLC

What these mean, and where they come from

Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 2 of 2 cited something

Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits. Two visits are too few to read as a pattern.

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
October 6, 2025
On file
2 visits since July 2024 — both cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was November 5, 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.

Oct 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 6, 2025

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (e)(2) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(e)(2)

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 625170 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · July 23, 2024

Special Requirements for School-Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(d)(1) · Violation substantiated

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation substantiated

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b) · Violation substantiated

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(a) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 625170 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).

Details

7734342327

Address
3483 W Columbus Ave # 85
License
license issued (il)

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All checked August 2026.

State record

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Details

  • Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "TEDDY BEAR NURSERY SCHOOLS LLC" under Provider Name and 60652 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 625170).