Chicago · Licensed center

Joyful Learning Center Inc

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since August 2024.

Of the 123 Chicago-area centers with 4 licensing inspections, 22% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this center did. 59% had rules cited at all 4, 2% at none.

Licensing inspections

Aug 10, 2026No rules cited
Mar 12, 20266 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(g)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

2 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1)

Aug 19, 20255 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(4)

1 more from this inspection

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

Aug 27, 20241 citation

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 10, 2026
On file
4 visits since August 2024 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was April 12, 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 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · March 12, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (7) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(7)

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(g) · Violation substantiated

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24) · Violation substantiated

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 629530 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · August 19, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected on site

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(4) · 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 629530 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 27, 2024

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 629530 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

7089069120

Website
joyfullearningcenters.com
Address
10721 S Western Ave
License
license issued (il)

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State record

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

Details

Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.