Chicago · Licensed center

M & E Day Care LLC/79th Street Day Care

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 7 licensing inspections since March 2012.

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

Aug 18, 2026No rules cited
Jul 1, 20262 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

Jan 31, 20236 citations

  • Napping and Sleeping

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j)

2 more from this inspection

  • 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, 2021No rules cited
Feb 15, 2018No rules cited
Oct 7, 201610 citations

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Hand Washing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(c)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j)

6 more from this inspection

  • Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

Mar 27, 201210 citations

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(2)

6 more from this inspection

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(1)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 18, 2026
On file
7 visits since March 2012 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was July 31, 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
Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 1, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (8) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(8)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490383 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · January 31, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation substantiated

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j) · Violation substantiated

Napping and Sleeping

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

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

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

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

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490383 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Oct 2016 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · October 7, 2016

Napping and Sleeping

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e) through (j) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e) · 407.350(j)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation substantiated

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f) · Violation corrected on site

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation substantiated

Hand Washing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(c) · Violation corrected on site

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490383 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2012 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · March 27, 2012

Napping and Sleeping

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) through (j) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) · 407.350(i)(2) · 407.350(j)

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(1) · 407.340(a)(2)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10) through (f)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10) · 407.370(f)(1)

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected on site

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490383 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

7735857979

Address
3728 W 79th St
License
license issued (il)

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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 "M & E DAY CARE LLC/79TH STREET DAY CARE" under Provider Name and 60652 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 490383).

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.