Chicago · Licensed center

Room To Play Nfp

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since March 2019.

Of the 130 Chicago-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 45% had rules cited at all 5, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Jan 11, 20245 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)

  • Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)

1 more from this inspection

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(k)

May 2, 20232 citations

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b)

Dec 20, 20225 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(i)

1 more from this inspection

  • Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(3)

Jan 15, 20204 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370

Mar 8, 20192 citations

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 11, 2024
On file
5 visits since March 2019 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was February 11, 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 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · January 11, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (8) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(8)

Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140 · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 572866 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · May 2, 2023

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 572866 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · December 20, 2022

Staffing Structure

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

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(3) · Violation substantiated

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(i) · Violation substantiated

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation substantiated

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 572866 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 15, 2020

Organization and Administration

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

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370 · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 572866 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 8, 2019

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected on site

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 572866 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

7732184657

Address
8855 S State St
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 "ROOM TO PLAY NFP" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 572866).

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.