Waukegan · Licensed center

Busy Bee Children's Center

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 9 of its 10 licensing inspections since November 2016.

Of the 860 Chicago-area centers with 10 or more licensing inspections, 78% had rules cited at some but not all of them, as this center did. 22% had rules cited at all of them.

Licensing inspections

Sep 23, 20261 citation

  • Health Requirements for Children — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1)

Jun 8, 20265 citations

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

1 more from this inspection

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p)

Sep 17, 20256 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

2 more from this inspection

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Oct 4, 20244 citations

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Feb 16, 20241 citation

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

Dec 11, 2023No rules cited
Sep 6, 20238 citations

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(m)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(h)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

4 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Sep 28, 20224 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Nov 21, 20171 citation

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)

Nov 28, 20163 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
September 23, 2026
On file
10 visits since November 2016 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 4, 2026. 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.

Sep 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 23, 2026

Health Requirements for Children — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made

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

Illinois does not publish what came of a report; that investigation is confidential.

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 003535 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2026 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · June 8, 2026

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p) · Violation corrected

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Rule cited again

Outdoor Play Area

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 003535 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · September 17, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(f)

Personnel Records

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

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 003535 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · October 4, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(f)

Personnel Records

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

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 003535 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 16, 2024

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 003535 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · September 6, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected on site

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(h) · Violation corrected

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6) · Violation corrected on site

Outdoor Play Area

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

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 003535 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · September 28, 2022

Health Requirements for Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

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 003535 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 21, 2017

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 003535 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2016 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · November 28, 2016

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 003535 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

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Address
2115 S Ernie Krueger Cir
License
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All checked August 2026.

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BUSY BEE CHILDREN'S CENTER" under Provider Name and 60087 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 003535).

Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.