Lemont · Licensed center

Happy Hands Methodist Preschool

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 5 licensing inspections since April 2018.

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

Feb 26, 20261 citation

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4)

Mar 8, 20242 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)

Feb 15, 20235 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

1 more from this inspection

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

Mar 10, 20213 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Apr 18, 2018No rules cited
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
February 26, 2026
On file
5 visits since April 2018 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 22, 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.

Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 26, 2026

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 012398 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 8, 2024

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(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 012398 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2023 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · February 15, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · 407.100(i)

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · 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 012398 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 10, 2021

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (e)(2) · Violation corrected

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 012398 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

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

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Address
25 West Custer Street
License
license issued (il)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

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.