Chicago · Licensed center

Little People Learning Center Inc

Medium center, licensed for 66 children.
Shortlist has found no website for it yet.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 5 licensing inspections since September 2023.

Of the 130 Chicago-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 28% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this center did. 45% had rules cited at all 5.

Licensing inspections

Aug 7, 2026No rules cited

May 28, 20262 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)

Sep 10, 20243 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Oct 25, 20236 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

2 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Sep 27, 20239 citations

Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)(1)

5 more from this inspection

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(h)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: August 7, 2026
On file: 5 visits since September 2023 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was June 28, 2026. 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

May 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · May 28, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(i)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 617530 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 10, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Rule cited again

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 617530 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2023 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · October 25, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (b) · Violation corrected · Repeat violation

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(b)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 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 617530 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · September 27, 2023

Provisions Pertaining to the License

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · 407.60(h)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

Napping and Sleeping

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 617530 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

7733704813

Address: 1448 E 53rd St
License: pending renewal application (rn)

Run Little People Learning Center Inc? Correct or add anything here, free.

Add what is missing

Sources and dates

Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.

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 PEOPLE LEARNING CENTER INC" under Provider Name and 60615 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 617530).

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.