Oswego · Licensed center

Prairie Pals Christian Ps & Child Care

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 8 of its 12 licensing inspections since April 2012.

Of the 860 Chicago-area centers with 10 or more licensing inspections, 78% had rules cited at some but not all of them, as this center did. 22% had rules cited at all of them.

Licensing inspections

Aug 19, 2026No rules cited
Nov 10, 2025No rules cited
Dec 11, 2024No rules cited
Jan 8, 2024No rules cited
Nov 15, 20222 citations

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k)(2)

  • Personnel Records

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

Jan 6, 20211 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Nov 6, 20191 citation

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)

Dec 21, 20182 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

Dec 19, 20174 citations

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(p)(6)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

Dec 10, 20159 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(c)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

5 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(5)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Feb 6, 20156 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(e)

2 more from this inspection

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)(2)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j)

Apr 10, 20125 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

1 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(c)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 19, 2026
On file
12 visits since April 2012 — 4 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was December 2, 2022. 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
Nov 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Dec 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jan 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · November 15, 2022

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Rule cited again

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 502601 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 6, 2021

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 502601 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 6, 2019

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 502601 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · December 21, 2018

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Rule cited again

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 502601 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2017 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · December 19, 2017

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (f) · Rule cited again

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(p)(6) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 502601 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2015 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · December 10, 2015

Personnel Records

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

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

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)

Grouping and Staffing

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) through (c) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · 407.190(c)

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 502601 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2015 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · February 6, 2015

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (f) · Violation corrected

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j) · Violation corrected on site

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)(2) · Violation corrected on site

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(e) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 502601 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2012 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · April 10, 2012

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(c)

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 502601 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

6305517143

Address
33 Stonehill Rd
License
license issued (il)

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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 "PRAIRIE PALS CHRISTIAN PS & CHILD CARE" under Provider Name and 60543 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 502601).

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.