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Cozy Castle Learning Center

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 3 of its 5 licensing inspections since January 2022.

Of the 130 Chicago-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 13% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this center did. 45% had rules cited at all 5.

Licensing inspections

Dec 8, 2025No rules cited
Dec 2, 202417 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(7)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

13 more from this inspection

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b)

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1)

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

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

Mar 21, 20241 citation

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

Dec 12, 2023No rules cited
Jan 4, 20225 citations

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)(1)

1 more from this inspection

  • Transportation

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(j)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
December 8, 2025
On file
5 visits since January 2022 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was January 2, 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.

Dec 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Dec 2024 Monitoring visit 17 findings

Monitoring visit · December 2, 2024

Health Requirements for Children

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) · 407.90(d)

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4) · 407.340(a)(5)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) through (e)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) · 407.370(e)(2)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(7) · 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 604356 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 21, 2024

Background Checks for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 604356 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
Jan 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · January 4, 2022

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) through (d)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · 407.90(d)(1)

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Transportation

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(j) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 604356 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

7082797655

Address
1274 Main St
License
license issued (il)

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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 "COZY CASTLE LEARNING CENTER" under Provider Name and 60417 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 604356).

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.