Waukegan · Licensed center

Little Bear Child Development Center

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 5 of its 10 licensing inspections since June 2011.

Of the 859 Chicago-area centers with 10 or more licensing inspections, 78% had rules cited at some but not all of them, as this center did. 22% had rules cited at all of them.

Licensing inspections

Apr 25, 20251 citation

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)

Sep 24, 2024No rules cited
Jun 3, 2024No rules cited
Apr 29, 202411 citations

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(m)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

7 more from this inspection

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(8)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1)

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

Nov 17, 2022No rules cited
Jul 14, 20223 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)

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

Apr 27, 2022No rules cited
Jun 22, 2021No rules cited
Feb 24, 20174 citations

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11)

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

Jun 20, 20116 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)

2 more from this inspection

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(2)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(n)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
April 25, 2025
On file
10 visits since June 2011 — 5 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was May 25, 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.

Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 25, 2025

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 346369 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jun 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · April 29, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (8) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(c)(8)

Personnel Records

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

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(8) · Violation corrected

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(m) · 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 346369 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jul 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 14, 2022

Personnel Records

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

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

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 346369 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jun 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2017 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · February 24, 2017

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · 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 346369 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2011 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · June 20, 2011

Health Requirements for Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(2) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 346369 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

8476624475

Address
653 Porter St
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 "LITTLE BEAR CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER" under Provider Name and 60085 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 346369).

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.