Oak Lawn · Licensed center
Little Lights Academy
- Medium center, licensed for 82 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 4 of its 7 licensing inspections since April 2010.
Of the 157 Chicago-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 13% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this center did. 40% had rules cited at all 7.
Licensing inspections
Nov 9, 20222 citations
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(a)(3)
May 6, 20211 citation
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)
Apr 16, 20191 citation
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)
Apr 20, 201018 citations
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)
14 more from this inspection
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(b)
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g)(1)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- March 20, 2024
- On file
- 7 visits since April 2010 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 9, 2022. 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 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · November 9, 2022
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Violation corrected
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015448 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 6, 2021
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015448 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 16, 2019
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015448 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2010 Monitoring visit 18 findings
Monitoring visit · April 20, 2010
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(4)
Health Requirements for Children
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) through (5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5)
Nutrition and Meal Service
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h) through (l)(1) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h) · 407.330(l) · 407.330(l)(1)
Equipment and Materials
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g)(1) through (j)(5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g)(1) · 407.380(j)(4) · 407.380(j)(5)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(b) · Violation corrected
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · 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) · Violation corrected
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j) · 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 015448 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
- Address
- 6343 W 90th Pl
- 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 LIGHTS ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60453 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 015448).
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.