Riverdale · Licensed center

Cuddle Care Child Care Center

Large center, licensed for 135 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 5 licensing inspections since May 2022.

Of the 130 Chicago-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 28% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this center did. 45% had rules cited at all 5.

Licensing inspections

Aug 19, 20261 citation

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Jul 25, 20257 citations

Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)

3 more from this inspection

Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)

Dec 7, 2023No rules cited

Jun 13, 20236 citations

Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(g)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(3)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

2 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)

May 23, 202210 citations

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

6 more from this inspection

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(g)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: August 19, 2026
On file: 5 visits since May 2022 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was September 18, 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.

Aug 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 19, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 600934 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · July 25, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(f)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected

Medications

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 600934 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

Jun 2023 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · June 13, 2023

Organization and Administration

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(3) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(3) · 407.70(i)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) through (g) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) · 407.250(i)(1)(g)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 600934 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2022 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · May 23, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7) · 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)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(g) · 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 600934 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

7088498875

Address: 150 W 137th 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 "CUDDLE CARE CHILD CARE CENTER" under Provider Name and 60827 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 600934).

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.