Chicago · Licensed center

The Nook Daycare Leavitt LLC

Small center, licensed for 20 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 6 of its licensing inspections since April 2018.

Of the 134 Chicago-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 38% had rules cited at all 6, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

May 14, 20258 citations

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

4 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(b)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Jun 12, 20242 citations

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11)

May 17, 20222 citations

Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(2)

May 13, 20211 citation

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Apr 9, 20193 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Apr 17, 20182 citations

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: May 14, 2025
On file: 6 visits since April 2018 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was May 14, 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.

May 2025 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · May 14, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(2)(b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)(2)(b)

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) through (d) · Violation corrected

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) · 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 550123 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 12, 2024

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) through (r)(3) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(r)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 550123 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · May 17, 2022

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · 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 550123 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 13, 2021

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 550123 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · April 9, 2019

General Requirements for Personnel

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c) · 407.100(h)

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 550123 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 17, 2018

Staffing Structure

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 550123 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

7736619045

Address: 1943 N Leavitt St
License: license issued (il)

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State record

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

Details

Phone, Address — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "THE NOOK DAYCARE LEAVITT LLC" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 550123).
License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "THE NOOK DAYCARE LEAVITT LLC" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 550123).

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.