Chicago · Licensed center

Les Finch Learning Tree Day Nurs School

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since April 2014.

Of the 157 Chicago-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 27% had rules cited at 6 of them, as this center did. 40% had rules cited at all 7.

Licensing inspections

May 6, 20266 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)

2 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

Feb 22, 20221 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Mar 11, 20201 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Jan 12, 2018No rules cited
Apr 11, 20171 citation

  • Personnel Records

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

Apr 26, 20164 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

Apr 29, 201411 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(b)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(j)(1)

7 more from this inspection

  • Medications

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(5)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Substitutes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.170(a)

  • Medications

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
May 6, 2026
On file
7 visits since April 2014 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was June 6, 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.

May 2026 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · May 6, 2026

Personnel Records

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(4)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d) · Violation corrected on site

Outdoor Play Area

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509829 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 22, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

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

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Mar 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 11, 2020

General Requirements for Personnel

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

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Jan 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Apr 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 11, 2017

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

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Apr 2016 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 26, 2016

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f) through (2) · Violation corrected

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

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509829 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2014 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · April 29, 2014

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected

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

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(6)

Medications

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

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

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(b) · Violation corrected

Substitutes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.170(a) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(j)(1) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509829 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, teaching approach, ratios and staff, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

What it costs

From $628 a month

Chicago-area comparison hidden until they say which age this price is for.

Application fee
$30

A day here

Hours
6:00 AM to 5:00 PM, 5 days a week, year round
Meals
Breakfast, lunch, and PM snack provided through the CACFP Food Program (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Closed
closed on major holidays and select additional days throughout the year (the brand’s policy for all its schools)

Details

7735215434

Website
lesfinchlearningtree.com
Address
4217 W 16th St
License
pending renewal application (rn)
Ages they serve
beginning at age two through kindergarten, plus before/after school care for school-age children
Established
1969

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State record

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

A day here

Details

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