Elmhurst · Licensed center

Ladybug & Friends Daycare & Preschool

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since February 2025.

Of the 106 Chicago-area centers with 3 licensing inspections, 58% had rules cited at all 3, as this center did. 10% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Jan 13, 20265 citations

  • Medications

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1)

  • Medications

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(2)

  • Medications

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3)

1 more from this inspection

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

Apr 29, 20251 citation

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(f)(2)

Feb 25, 20252 citations

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(19)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 13, 2026
On file
3 visits since February 2025 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was January 26, 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.

Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · January 13, 2026

Medications

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b) through (c)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b) · 407.360(b)(1) · 407.360(c)(2)

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3) · Violation corrected

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 634832 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 29, 2025

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(f)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 634832 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 25, 2025

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7) through (19) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7) · 407.210(f)(19)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 634832 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

6303850515

Address
623 W North Ave
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 "LADYBUG & FRIENDS DAYCARE & PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60126 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 634832).

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.