Chicago · Licensed center
Nyalah & Cam's Developmental Playground
- Small center, licensed for 41 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since September 2024.
Of the 106 Chicago-area centers with 3 licensing inspections, 58% had rules cited at all 3, as this center did. 10% had none cited.
Licensing inspections
Jul 14, 20263 citations
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4)
Nov 6, 20259 citations
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3)
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
5 more from this inspection
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(8)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(25)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Sep 30, 20242 citations
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- July 14, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since September 2024 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was August 13, 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.
Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · July 14, 2026
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (e)(4) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(e)(4)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 631015 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · November 6, 2025
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(8) through (25) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(8) · 407.210(f)(25)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) through (f)(1) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) · 407.370(f)(1)
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) · Violation substantiated
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected on site
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation substantiated
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 631015 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · September 30, 2024
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 631015 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
- 11836 S Western Ave
- 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 "NYALAH & CAM'S DEVELOPMENTAL PLAYGROUND" under Provider Name and 60643 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 631015).
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.