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The Playhouse Inc

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 8 of its 13 licensing inspections since February 2010.

Of the 859 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

Jan 27, 2025No rules cited
Jan 17, 2023No rules cited
Jan 21, 20221 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Jan 8, 20201 citation

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

Mar 8, 20191 citation

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f)

Mar 28, 2018No rules cited
Jan 18, 20173 citations

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j)

Jan 14, 2015No rules cited
Oct 15, 2014No rules cited
Feb 4, 20142 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Medications

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(f)

Apr 19, 20137 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(2)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

3 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(3)

Jan 27, 20111 citation

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1)

Feb 25, 20108 citations

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1)

  • Medications

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

  • Medications

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(d)(4)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(5)

4 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Medications

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e)

  • Medications

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(f)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 27, 2025
On file
13 visits since February 2010 — 5 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was February 20, 2022. 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.

Jan 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jan 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jan 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 21, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 361510 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 8, 2020

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 361510 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 8, 2019

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 361510 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jan 2017 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · January 18, 2017

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · Violation substantiated

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1) · Violation substantiated

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 361510 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2015 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Oct 2014 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2014 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 4, 2014

Personnel Records

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

Medications

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(f) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 361510 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2013 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · April 19, 2013

Guidance and Discipline

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) through (c)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · 407.270(c)(2) · 407.270(c)(3)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 361510 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2011 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 27, 2011

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 361510 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2010 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · February 25, 2010

Medications

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(d)(2) · 407.360(d)(4) · 407.360(e) · 407.360(f)

Personnel Records

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

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(5) · Violation corrected

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 361510 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
2500 Federal Signal Dr
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 PLAYHOUSE INC" under Provider Name and 60484 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 361510).

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.