Berwyn · Licensed center

Happy Days Child Dvelopment Center

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 5 licensing inspections since December 2019.

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

Jun 25, 20261 citation

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

Jul 5, 20232 citations

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

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

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(d)

Aug 27, 20204 citations

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(e)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(4)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Feb 20, 2020No rules cited
Dec 4, 20191 citation

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
June 25, 2026
On file
5 visits since December 2019 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was July 25, 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.

Jun 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 25, 2026

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 552829 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 5, 2023

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 552829 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2020 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · August 27, 2020

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(4) through (e)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(4) · 407.370(e)(3)

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · 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 552829 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2020 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Dec 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · December 4, 2019

Program Requirements for All Ages

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 552829 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

7087950099

Address
6304 26th 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 DVELOPMENT CENTER" under Provider Name and 60402 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 552829).

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.