Chicago · Licensed center

Ladybug & Friends Daycare& Preschool LLC

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 7 of its licensing inspections since February 2015.

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

Licensing inspections

Feb 5, 20256 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e)

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

2 more from this inspection

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g)

Dec 12, 20233 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6)

Jan 25, 20222 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

Sep 11, 20175 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(a)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

1 more from this inspection

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Jan 19, 201711 citations

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(b)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)

7 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(2)

  • Organization and Administration

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

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Mar 3, 20162 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)

Feb 5, 20156 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

2 more from this inspection

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(7)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
February 5, 2025
On file
7 visits since February 2015 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 7, 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.

Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · February 5, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

Napping and Sleeping

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g) · Violation substantiated

Outdoor Play Area

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529651 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · December 12, 2023

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(6)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529651 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 25, 2022

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (3) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529651 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2017 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 11, 2017

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(a) · Violation corrected

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529651 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2017 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · January 19, 2017

Organization and Administration

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) · 407.70(e)(2) · 407.70(e)(3)

Guidance and Discipline

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) through (c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · 407.270(b) · 407.270(c)

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) through (d) · Violation corrected

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

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529651 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 3, 2016

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529651 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2015 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · February 5, 2015

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(6)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6) through (7) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6) · 407.370(e)(7)

Organization and Administration

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529651 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

7737548524

Address
2255 W Lawrence Ave
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked July 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 "LADYBUG & FRIENDS DAYCARE& PRESCHOOL LLC" under Provider Name and 60625 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 529651).

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.