Wheaton · Licensed center
Mfs Preschool Expansion Lowell Elementar
- Small center, licensed for 20 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 4 of its 6 licensing inspections since September 2022.
Of the 133 Chicago-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 14% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this center did. 38% had rules cited at all 6.
Licensing inspections
Aug 15, 20256 citations
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
2 more from this inspection
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.
May 2, 20251 citation
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Oct 26, 20222 citations
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Sep 15, 20221 citation
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(e)
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- September 28, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since September 2022 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 15, 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 6 findings
Monitoring visit · August 15, 2025
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (6) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected on site
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 612690 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 2, 2025
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 612690 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · October 26, 2022
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 612690 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 15, 2022
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(e) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 612690 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
- 2160 Durfee Rd
- License
- license issued (il)
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "MFS PRESCHOOL EXPANSION LOWELL ELEMENTAR" under Provider Name and 60189 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 612690).
- Address, License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "MFS PRESCHOOL EXPANSION" under Provider Name and 60189 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 612690).
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.