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Happy Days Child Development Center

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since March 2019.

Of the 157 Chicago-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 27% had rules cited at 6 of them, as this center did. 40% had rules cited at all 7.

Licensing inspections

Oct 31, 20251 citation

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(1)

May 15, 20248 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(h)(8)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

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

4 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(e)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100

Jan 17, 20231 citation

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j)

May 5, 20229 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

5 more from this inspection

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(5)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(e)

Jun 3, 2021No rules cited
May 24, 20211 citation

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

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

Mar 26, 201912 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

8 more from this inspection

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

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

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(f)(5)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
October 31, 2025
On file
7 visits since March 2019 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was November 3, 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.

Oct 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · October 31, 2025

Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 338625 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2024 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · May 15, 2024

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(7) through (h)(8) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(7) · 407.210(e) · 407.210(h)(7) · 407.210(h)(8)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 338625 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 17, 2023

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 338625 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2022 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · May 5, 2022

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (e)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(b) · 407.120(e)(5)

Organization and Administration

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

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

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(b) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Outdoor Play Area

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 338625 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
May 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 24, 2021

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 338625 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · March 26, 2019

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(f)

Program Requirements for All Ages

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d) through (p) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d) · 407.200(f)(5) · 407.200(p)

Grouping and Staffing

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) through (d) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · 407.190(d)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected on site

Personnel Records

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 338625 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

7086523577

Address
5721 W 35th 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 "HAPPY DAYS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER" under Provider Name and 60804 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 338625).

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.