Homewood · Licensed center

The Learning Lab Preschool Inc

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since February 2022.

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

Licensing inspections

Mar 13, 20265 citations

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

1 more from this inspection

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e)

Jan 16, 20257 citations

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)

3 more from this inspection

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)(e)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(j)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Feb 15, 20245 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

1 more from this inspection

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Feb 2, 20233 citations

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Feb 15, 202212 citations

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)

  • Staffing Structure

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

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)(2)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

8 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(2)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(d)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
March 13, 2026
On file
5 visits since February 2022 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was April 12, 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 5 findings

Monitoring visit · March 13, 2026

Staffing Structure

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

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated

Health Requirements for Children

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

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 595606 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · January 16, 2025

Guidance and Discipline

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) through (e) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · 407.270(c)(6)(e)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(j) · Violation substantiated

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

Personnel Records

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

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 595606 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · February 15, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(f)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · 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 595606 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 2, 2023

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

Grouping and Staffing

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 595606 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2022 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · February 15, 2022

Personnel Records

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (e)(4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(d) · 407.120(e)(4)

Staffing Structure

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d) · 407.90(d)(1) · 407.90(d)(2)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(2) · 407.100(f)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 595606 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.

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Address
18725 Dixie Hwy # 27
License
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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 LEARNING LAB PRESCHOOL INC" under Provider Name and 60430 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 595606).

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.