Chicago · Licensed center

Little Leaders Of Tomorrow Day Care Ctr.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since June 2015.

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

Jul 8, 202424 citations

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(21)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

20 more from this inspection

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(3)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

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

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(4)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k)(3)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

Jul 24, 20237 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

3 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

Jun 16, 20174 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)

Jun 19, 20154 citations

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(d)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(a)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
July 8, 2024
On file
4 visits since June 2015 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was August 7, 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.

Jul 2024 Monitoring visit 24 findings

Monitoring visit · July 8, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (h) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(f) · 407.100(h)

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) through (f)(24) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · 407.210(f)(8) · 407.210(f)(21) · 407.210(f)(24)

Nutrition and Meal Service

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) through (l)(1) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) · 407.330(g)(3) · 407.330(l)(1)

Organization and Administration

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) through (k)(3) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · 407.70(k)(3)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(6)

Napping and Sleeping

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(4) through (j) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(4) · 407.350(j)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j) · Violation substantiated

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · 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 427021 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · July 24, 2023

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(p)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427021 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2017 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · June 16, 2017

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) through (f)(2) · Violation substantiated

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

Organization and Administration

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427021 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2015 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · June 19, 2015

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(d) · Violation corrected

Organization and Administration

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427021 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

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Address
5153 W Lake St
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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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 LEADERS OF TOMORROW DAY CARE CTR." under Provider Name and 60644 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 427021).

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.