Chicago · Licensed center

Caterpillars To Butterflies Lrning Tree

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 5 of its 6 licensing inspections since July 2022.

Of the 133 Chicago-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 29% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this center did. 38% had rules cited at all 6.

Licensing inspections

Sep 3, 2026No rules cited
Jun 2, 20265 citations
  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7)

1 more from this inspection
  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(25)

Nov 13, 20251 citation
  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Jun 18, 20246 citations
  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)

2 more from this inspection
  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)(9)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

Jun 13, 20233 citations
  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j)

Jul 13, 20226 citations
  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Personnel Records

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

2 more from this inspection
  • Personnel Records

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

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
September 3, 2026
On file
6 visits since July 2022 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was June 9, 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 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jun 2026 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · June 2, 2026

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7) through (25) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7) · 407.210(f)(25)

Personnel Records

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

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 598620 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 13, 2025

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 598620 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · June 18, 2024

Background Checks for Personnel

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

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(d)(9) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected on site

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation corrected on site

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 598620 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 13, 2023

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)(2) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 598620 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2022 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · July 13, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6)

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)

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5) · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 598620 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.

Details

7737169894

Address
10200 S Vincennes Ave
License
license issued (il)

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All checked July 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 "CATERPILLARS TO BUTTERFLIES LRNING TREE" under Provider Name and 60643 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 598620).

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.