Chicago · Licensed center

Teddy Bear Nursery Schools LLC

What the state has found

The state cited rules at both of its licensing inspections since July 2024.

Of the 89 Chicago-area centers with 2 licensing inspections, 61% had rules cited at both, as this center did. 13% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Oct 6, 20253 citations

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

Jul 23, 20245 citations

  • Special Requirements for School-Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(d)(1)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h)

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b)

1 more from this inspection

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(a)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
October 6, 2025
On file
2 visits since July 2024 — both cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was November 5, 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.

Oct 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 6, 2025

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (e)(2) · Violation substantiated

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 625170 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · July 23, 2024

Special Requirements for School-Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(d)(1) · Violation substantiated

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation substantiated

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b) · Violation substantiated

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(a) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 625170 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

7734342327

Address
3483 W Columbus Ave # 85
License
license issued (il)
Ownership
For-profit

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

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.