Waukegan · Licensed center

Sunshine Day Care Inc

Small center, licensed for 46 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 5 of its 7 licensing inspections since April 2018.

Of the 157 Chicago-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 15% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this center did. 40% had rules cited at all 7.

Licensing inspections

Mar 12, 20262 citations

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)(2)(c)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)(2)(d)

Jul 29, 202515 citations

Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(a)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

11 more from this inspection

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6)
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(m)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(b)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(2)
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p)

Feb 27, 20254 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)(14)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Apr 1, 2024No rules cited

Mar 25, 2024No rules cited

Mar 23, 20222 citations

Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(3)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Apr 4, 20181 citation

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: March 12, 2026
On file: 7 visits since April 2018 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was April 3, 2026. 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.

Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 12, 2026

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)(2)(c) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)(2)(c) · 407.370(j)(2)(d)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 555496 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 15 findings

Monitoring visit · July 29, 2025

Outdoor Play Area

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i) through (m) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i) · 407.390(l) · 407.390(m)

Organization and Administration

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(a) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(a) · 407.70(b)

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) · 407.90(b)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(e)(6)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(2) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

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

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p) · Violation corrected on site

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

Napping and Sleeping

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 555496 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · February 27, 2025

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)(14) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330 · 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 555496 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Mar 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 23, 2022

Staffing Structure

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 555496 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 4, 2018

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 555496 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

2243999010

Address: 2905 Sunset Ave
License: license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

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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 "SUNSHINE DAY CARE INC" under Provider Name and 60087 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 555496).

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.