Chicago · Licensed center
Little Nest Care
- Small center, licensed for 33 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 6 of its licensing inspections since June 2018.
Of the 133 Chicago-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 38% had rules cited at all 6, as this center did.
Licensing inspections
Aug 29, 20252 citations
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
May 22, 20241 citation
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
May 25, 20221 citation
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
Jun 14, 20211 citation
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
Jul 25, 20191 citation
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
Jun 12, 20183 citations
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- August 29, 2025
- On file
- 6 visits since June 2018 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 28, 2025. 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 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · August 29, 2025
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557819 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 22, 2024
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557819 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 25, 2022
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557819 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · June 14, 2021
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557819 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 25, 2019
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557819 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · June 12, 2018
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557819 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
- 5426 W Devon Ave
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
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All checked July 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 NEST CARE" under Provider Name and 60646 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 557819).
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.