Chicago · Licensed center
Wise Owl Daycare, LLC
- Medium center, licensed for 56 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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: 11 of 17 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
- June 10, 2025
- On file
- 17 visits since September 2013 — 6 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 18, 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.
Jun 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · June 10, 2025
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)(1) through (j)(1) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)(1) · 407.370(e)(4) · 407.370(j)(1)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 28, 2023
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · June 20, 2023
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) through (8) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) · 407.310(a)(8)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 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 2, 2021
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 18, 2021
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(j)(1) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · June 20, 2018
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) through (d) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(d)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · Violation corrected
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2015 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 6, 2015
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2014 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · October 31, 2014
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2013 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · December 20, 2013
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2013 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · November 8, 2013
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2013 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · September 28, 2013
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(20) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 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
- 2734 W North Ave
- License
- license issued (il)
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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 "WISE OWL DAYCARE, LLC" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 523154).