University Pk · Licensed center

The Playhouse Inc

At a glance

Small center, licensed for 48 children.

What to know

License: 6 weeks to 13 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 8 of its 14 licensing inspections since February 2010.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

Feb 20, 2026Nothing cited
Jan 27, 2025Nothing cited
Jan 17, 2023Nothing cited
Jan 21, 20221 citation
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Jan 8, 20201 citation
- A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
  A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Mar 8, 20191 citation
- Outdoor Play Area
  Outdoor Play Area
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f)
Mar 28, 2018Nothing cited
Jan 18, 20173 citations
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1)
- Health Requirements for Children
  Health Requirements for Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)
- Napping and Sleeping
  Napping and Sleeping
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j)
Jan 14, 2015Nothing cited
Oct 15, 2014Nothing cited
Feb 4, 20142 citations
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
- Medications
  Medications
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(f)
Apr 19, 20137 citations
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
- 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)
- Guidance and Discipline
  Guidance and Discipline
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(2)
- Guidance and Discipline
  Guidance and Discipline
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(3)
- Guidance and Discipline
  Guidance and Discipline
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Jan 27, 20111 citation
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1)
Feb 25, 20108 citations
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1)
- Medications
  Medications
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(d)(2)
- Medications
  Medications
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(d)(4)
- Medications
  Medications
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e)
- Medications
  Medications
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(f)
- Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
  Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(5)

The state cited rules at 8 of this center's 14 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 20, 2026
On file: 14 visits since February 2010 — 6 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was February 20, 2022. 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.

Feb 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jan 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jan 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jan 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 21, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 361510 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 8, 2020

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 361510 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 8, 2019

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 361510 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jan 2017 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · January 18, 2017

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · Violation substantiated

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

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

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 361510 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2015 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Oct 2014 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Feb 2014 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 4, 2014

Personnel Records

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

Medications

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(f) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 361510 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2013 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · April 19, 2013

Guidance and Discipline

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) through (c)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · 407.270(c)(2) · 407.270(c)(3)

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(f)

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 361510 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2011 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 27, 2011

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 361510 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2010 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · February 25, 2010

Medications

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(d)(2) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(d)(2) · 407.360(d)(4) · 407.360(e) · 407.360(f)

Personnel Records

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

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(5) · Violation corrected

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 361510 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone: (708) 534-3565
Address: 2500 Federal Signal Dr, University Pk, 60484

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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 "THE PLAYHOUSE INC" under Provider Name and 60484 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 361510).
License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "THE PLAYHOUSE INC" under Provider Name and 60484 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 361510).
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 "THE PLAYHOUSE INC" under Provider Name and 60484 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 361510).

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.