Chicago · Licensed center

Pequenos Giants Daycare Center LLC

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 9 licensing inspections since May 2023.

Of the 122 Chicago-area centers with 9 licensing inspections, 16% had rules cited at 6 of them, as this center did. 34% had rules cited at all 9.

Licensing inspections

Jan 20, 20267 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(c)(1)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(h)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(e)

3 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(b)

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(3)

  • Program Requirements for All Ages — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)

Mar 21, 20247 citations

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

3 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(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.

Feb 13, 2024No rules cited
Jan 31, 2024No rules cited
Sep 14, 20233 citations

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(i)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(j)

Sep 11, 20232 citations

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

Aug 28, 20233 citations

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Napping and Sleeping

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

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC8.

Aug 3, 20232 citations

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(b)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

May 8, 2023No rules cited
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 20, 2026
On file
9 visits since May 2023 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was April 20, 2024. 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.

Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · January 20, 2026

Guidance and Discipline

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) through (e) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · 407.270(e)

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(c)(1) through (h) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(c)(1) · 407.310(h)

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(3) · Violation substantiated

Program Requirements for All Ages — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r) · Violation substantiated

Illinois does not publish what came of a report; that investigation is confidential.

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(b) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 615803 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · March 21, 2024

Personnel Records

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (e)(5) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(5)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · 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 615803 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jan 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 14, 2023

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24) · 407.210(i)

Organization and Administration

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 615803 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · September 11, 2023

Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 615803 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · August 28, 2023

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Napping and Sleeping

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC8.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 615803 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 3, 2023

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 615803 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

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.

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Address
1935 W 51st St
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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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 "PEQUENOS GIANTS DAYCARE CENTER LLC" under Provider Name and 60609 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 615803).

Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.