Vernon Hills · Licensed center

Little Learners Child Care

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 8 of its 12 licensing inspections since February 2013.

Of the 860 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

Aug 31, 2026No rules cited
Feb 13, 2026No rules cited
Jan 23, 2024No rules cited
Dec 2, 2022No rules cited
Dec 13, 201711 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • Personnel Records

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

7 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

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

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

Feb 8, 20174 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

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

Jan 7, 20162 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

Jan 30, 20146 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

2 more from this inspection

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(5)

Jan 23, 20144 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • A citation the state’s report lists without naming the standard.

Apr 30, 20132 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)

Mar 21, 20131 citation

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

Feb 28, 20133 citations

  • Swimming and Wading

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.290(f)

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 31, 2026
On file
12 visits since February 2013 — 4 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was January 13, 2018. 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.

Aug 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jan 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Dec 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Dec 2017 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · December 13, 2017

General Requirements for Personnel

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) through (f) · Violation corrected · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)

Health Requirements for Children

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

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · 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, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · 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 520796 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2017 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · February 8, 2017

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 520796 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 7, 2016

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (6) · Rule cited again

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 520796 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2014 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · January 30, 2014

General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(5) through (f)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(5) · 407.370(f)(2)

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation corrected

Napping and Sleeping

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 520796 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2014 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 23, 2014

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · Rule cited again

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 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 without naming the standard.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 520796 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2013 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 30, 2013

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 520796 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2013 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 21, 2013

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 520796 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2013 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 28, 2013

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) through (5) · Violation corrected

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

Swimming and Wading

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.290(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 520796 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.

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Address
700 Lakeview Pkwy
License
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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 LEARNERS CHILD CARE" under Provider Name and 60061 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 520796).

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.