Chicago · Licensed center
Little Hands Child Creative Center
- Small center, licensed for 48 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 5 of its 8 licensing inspections since August 2018.
Of the 127 Chicago-area centers with 8 licensing inspections, 20% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this center did. 36% had rules cited at all 8.
Licensing inspections
Nov 19, 20251 citation
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
Sep 13, 20242 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Sep 19, 20191 citation
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Aug 16, 20195 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
1 more from this inspection
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Aug 24, 20182 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- November 19, 2025
- On file
- 8 visits since August 2018 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 13, 2024. 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.
Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · November 19, 2025
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 445247 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · September 13, 2024
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(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 445247 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 19, 2019
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 445247 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2019 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · August 16, 2019
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 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 445247 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · August 24, 2018
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 445247 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Openings, child care subsidies, cost, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
A day here
- Hours
- 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week
Details
- Website
- littlehandschildcreative.com
- Address
- 7146 S Ashland Ave # 48
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
A day here
- Hours — Checked August 2026 littlehandschildcreative.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LITTLE HANDS CHILD CREATIVE CENTER" under Provider Name and 60636 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 445247).
- Website — Checked August 2026 littlehandschildcreative.com
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.