University Pk · Licensed center
The Playhouse Inc
- Small center, licensed for 48 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What these mean, and where they come from
Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; 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: 8 of 13 cited something
Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits.
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- January 27, 2025
- On file
- 13 visits since February 2010 — 5 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.
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
Cited: 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.
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.
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.
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
- Address
- 2500 Federal Signal Dr
- License
- license issued (il)
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All checked August 2026.
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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 "THE PLAYHOUSE INC" under Provider Name and 60484 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 361510).