Chicago · Licensed center

The Lutheran Day Nursery Of Chicago

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 7 of its licensing inspections since March 2016.

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

Licensing inspections

Apr 21, 20264 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)

Apr 15, 20254 citations

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

Feb 8, 20232 citations

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1)(c)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Mar 16, 20226 citations

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)(e)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)(a)

2 more from this inspection

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)(b)

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)(d)

Feb 6, 20204 citations

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

Mar 7, 20191 citation

  • Personnel Records

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

Mar 15, 20162 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Personnel Records

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
April 21, 2026
On file
7 visits since March 2016 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was May 21, 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.

Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 21, 2026

Staffing Structure

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 020411 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 15, 2025

Organization and Administration

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 020411 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 8, 2023

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1)(c) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 020411 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · March 16, 2022

Equipment and Materials

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)(a) through (e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)(a) · 407.380(j)(5)(b) · 407.380(j)(5)(d) · 407.380(j)(5)(e)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 020411 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2020 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · February 6, 2020

Organization and Administration

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

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 020411 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 7, 2019

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 020411 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 15, 2016

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 020411 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, tuition, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

How they teach

Faith-based and bilingual

“Likewise, we teach in a bilingual environment with Spanish integrated throughout the school program.”

What it costs

Application fee
$35

A day here

Hours
7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week

Details

7734864222

Website
lutherandaynursery.org
Address
1802 N Fairfield Ave
License
license issued (il)
Ages they serve
ages 2-5 and up to age 12 in the afterschool program
Established
1911

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State record

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

A day here

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.