Lindenhurst · Licensed center
Red Apple Academy
- Medium center, licensed for 59 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 5 of its 6 licensing inspections since August 2011.
Of the 134 Chicago-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 28% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this center did. 38% had rules cited at all 6.
Licensing inspections
Aug 7, 20251 citation
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)
Sep 13, 20245 citations
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(8)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
1 more from this inspection
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
May 24, 20235 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(q)(1)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)
1 more from this inspection
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
Sep 15, 20173 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Aug 31, 20111 citation
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
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State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- August 7, 2025
- On file
- 6 visits since August 2011 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 7, 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 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 7, 2025
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 345710 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · September 13, 2024
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(8) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 345710 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2023 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · May 24, 2023
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected on site
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation corrected on site
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(3) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(q)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 345710 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2017 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · September 15, 2017
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 345710 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2011 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 31, 2011
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 345710 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
- 640 Freedom Way
- 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 "RED APPLE ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60046 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 345710).
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.