Chicago · Licensed center
Pinocchio Child Care
- Medium developmental center, licensed for 70 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 8 of its 9 licensing inspections since July 2010.
Of the 122 Chicago-area centers with 9 licensing inspections, 24% had rules cited at 8 of them, as this center did. 34% had rules cited at all 9.
Licensing inspections
Jun 25, 20253 citations
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)
Jul 6, 20228 citations
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)
4 more from this inspection
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(e)
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(1)
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(2)
Jun 29, 20211 citation
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
Jul 12, 20191 citation
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Jun 6, 20181 citation
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Aug 12, 20151 citation
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(2)
Jul 24, 20131 citation
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
Jul 13, 20101 citation
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- June 25, 2025
- On file
- 9 visits since July 2010 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 25, 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.
Jun 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · June 25, 2025
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · Violation substantiated
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 400763 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2022 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · July 6, 2022
Outdoor Play Area
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(e) through (l)(2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(e) · 407.390(l)(1) · 407.390(l)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) through (e)(3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) · 407.370(e)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 400763 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · June 29, 2021
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 400763 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 12, 2019
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 400763 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · June 6, 2018
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 400763 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2015 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 12, 2015
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 400763 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2013 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 24, 2013
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 400763 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2010 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 13, 2010
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 400763 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Openings, child care subsidies, cost, ratios and staff, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
How they teach
Developmental
“provides an environment that favors a child-centered, developmentally appropriate approach”
A day here
- Hours
- 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM, 5 days a week, year round
- Meals
- Breakfast, hot lunch, and two afternoon snacks prepared on-site by a professional cook, served family-style
- Closed
- Closed on legal holidays
Details
- Website
- pinocchioplay.com
- Address
- 5932 W Gunnison St
- License
- license issued (il)
- Ages they serve
- 2 to 6 years old
- Established
- 2002
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked August 2026 pinocchioplay.com
State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
A day here
- Meals — Checked August 2026 pinocchioplay.com
- Hours, Calendar, Closed — Checked August 2026 pinocchioplay.com
Details
- Phone, Address — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "PINOCCHIO CHILD CARE" under Provider Name and 60630 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 400763).
- Website — Checked July 2026 pinocchioplay.com
- License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "PINOCCHIO CHILD CARE" under Provider Name and 60630 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 400763).
- Ages they serve, Established — Checked August 2026 pinocchioplay.com
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.