Chicago · Licensed center

Little Bear Day Care LLC

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since July 2025.

Of the 123 Chicago-area centers with 4 licensing inspections, 59% had rules cited at all 4, as this center did. 2% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Jun 16, 20264 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(5)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(3)

  • Personnel Records

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

Sep 25, 20251 citation

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24)

Aug 28, 20256 citations

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(8)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(f)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k)(2)

2 more from this inspection

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(f)(5)

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

Jul 22, 20259 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1)

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

5 more from this inspection

  • 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)(10)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(h)(6)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
June 16, 2026
On file
4 visits since July 2025 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was July 16, 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.

Jun 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · June 16, 2026

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (e)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(e)(2) · 407.120(e)(5)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 636885 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 25, 2025

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 636885 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · August 28, 2025

Personnel Records

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

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(f)(5) · Violation corrected

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(8) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k)(2) · Violation corrected

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(f) · 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 636885 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · July 22, 2025

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7) through (h)(6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7) · 407.210(f)(10) · 407.210(h)(6)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) through (f)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) · 407.370(f)(1)

Organization and Administration

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

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 636885 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

7735811110

Address
6411 S Pulaski Rd
License
license issued (il)
Ownership
For-profit

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State record

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

Details

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.