Lake Forest · Licensed center

The Children's Center At Lake Forest

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 7 of its 11 licensing inspections since June 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

Oct 7, 2026No rules cited
Jul 16, 2026No rules cited
Jul 2, 20252 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(4)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(3)

Mar 10, 20253 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.

Apr 30, 2024No rules cited
Apr 19, 20222 citations

  • Medications

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(d)

  • Medications

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(d)(2)

Apr 5, 20221 citation

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

Sep 11, 20185 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

1 more from this inspection

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

Jul 22, 2014No rules cited
Nov 1, 20127 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(d)

3 more from this inspection

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(g)

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(1)

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(4)

Jun 6, 20127 citations

  • Staffing Structure

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

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(g)

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a)

3 more from this inspection

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
October 7, 2026
On file
11 visits since June 2012 — 4 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was April 10, 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 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jul 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 2, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(3) · 407.100(a)(4)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 440453 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 10, 2025

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 440453 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
Apr 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 19, 2022

Medications

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(d) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(d) · 407.360(d)(2)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 440453 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 5, 2022

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 440453 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2018 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 11, 2018

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(f) · Violation substantiated

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

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)(1) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 440453 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2014 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Nov 2012 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · November 1, 2012

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(1) through (c)(5) · Violation corrected · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(1) · 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5)

Outdoor Play Area

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(g) through (l)(4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(g) · 407.390(l)(1) · 407.390(l)(4)

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 440453 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2012 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · June 6, 2012

Equipment and Materials

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) through (j)(4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) · 407.380(j)(4)

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) · Rule cited again

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(g) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310 · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 440453 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

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Address
28457 Ballard Dr Ste A2
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 "THE CHILDREN'S CENTER AT LAKE FOREST" under Provider Name and 60045 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 440453).

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.