Oak Park · Licensed center

Little Sprouts Kids LLC

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since October 2022.

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

Oct 23, 202515 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

11 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

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

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

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

Oct 24, 202419 citations

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

15 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(d)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

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

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

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

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(b)

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

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

Nov 7, 202312 citations

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)

8 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(1)

  • Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(3)

Oct 27, 20223 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(3)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
October 23, 2025
On file
4 visits since October 2022 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was November 24, 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.

Oct 2025 Monitoring visit 15 findings

Monitoring visit · October 23, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (d) · Rule cited again · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(d)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (4) · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Rule cited again

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Rule cited again

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l) · Violation corrected

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(8) · Rule cited again

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Rule cited again

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(1) · Rule cited again

Napping and Sleeping

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Rule cited again

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 602443 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 19 findings

Monitoring visit · October 24, 2024

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Rule cited again · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)

Nutrition and Meal Service

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(d) through (g)(1) · Violation corrected

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) through (f)(8) · Violation corrected

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(b) through (d)(2) · Violation corrected

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

Organization and Administration

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

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Rule cited again

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 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 602443 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · November 7, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(f)

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) · 407.90(d)

Personnel Records

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(1) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(3) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 602443 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 27, 2022

Organization and Administration

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 602443 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

7089487936

Address
266 Lake St
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 SPROUTS KIDS LLC" under Provider Name and 60302 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 602443).

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.