Chicago · Licensed center

Lincoln Park Cooperative Nursery School

Small play-based center, licensed for 40 children.
Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 6 of its licensing inspections since November 2018.

Of the 134 Chicago-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 38% had rules cited at all 6, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Oct 23, 202514 citations

Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)

10 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1)
Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(2)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Nov 7, 20244 citations

Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Oct 26, 20233 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)

Dec 6, 20221 citation

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Oct 15, 20191 citation

Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

Nov 20, 20181 citation

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: October 23, 2025
On file: 6 visits since November 2018 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was November 6, 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.

Oct 2025 Monitoring visit 14 findings

Monitoring visit · October 23, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (f) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(f)

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)

Medications

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) through (2) · Violation substantiated

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

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5) · Violation corrected on site

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

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

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 012554 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · November 7, 2024

Organization and Administration

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

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 012554 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 26, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 012554 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · December 6, 2022

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 012554 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · October 15, 2019

Background Checks for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 012554 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 20, 2018

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 012554 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

How they teach

Play-based

“Lincoln Park Cooperative Nursery School offers part-time, play-based, early-learning programs for children 18 months to 5 years.”

What it costs

$246 to $1,271 a month

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

Part time: $246 to $1,271 a month

A day here

Calendar: School year
Schedule: part-time

Details

3129445469

Website: lincolnparkcoop.org
Address: 1753 North Fern Court
License: pending renewal application (rn)
Ages they serve: 18 months to 5 years

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Sources and dates

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How they teach

Approach — Checked August 2026 lincolnparkcoop.org/program-offerings.html

What it costs

Monthly tuition, Second price — Checked August 2026 lincolnparkcoop.org/tuition--financial-support.html

State record

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

A day here

Calendar — Checked August 2026 lincolnparkcoop.org/tuition--financial-support.html
Schedule — Checked August 2026 lincolnparkcoop.org/program-offerings.html

Details

Phone, Address — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LINCOLN PARK COOPERATIVE NURSERY SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60614 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 012554).
Website — Checked August 2026 lincolnparkcoop.org
License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LINCOLN PARK COOPERATIVE NURSERY SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60614 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 012554).
Ages they serve — Checked August 2026 lincolnparkcoop.org/program-offerings.html
Who runs it — Checked October 2026 projects.propublica.org

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.