Chicago · Licensed center
Tiny Tots Academy 3
- Small center, licensed for 28 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 4 of its 6 licensing inspections since April 2022.
Of the 134 Chicago-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 14% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this center did. 38% had rules cited at all 6.
Licensing inspections
Dec 21, 20231 citation
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1)
Jan 18, 20234 citations
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Nov 4, 20223 citations
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(f)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(e)
Apr 15, 20225 citations
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5)
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)
1 more from this inspection
Provisions Pertaining to Permits
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.65(a)(9)
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- August 3, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since April 2022 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 22, 2023. 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.
Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · December 21, 2023
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 601421 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · January 18, 2023
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 601421 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · November 4, 2022
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(f)(1) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h) · Violation corrected
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(e) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 601421 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · April 15, 2022
Grouping and Staffing
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) through (d) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · 407.190(d)
Provisions Pertaining to Permits
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.65(a)(9) · Violation corrected
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 601421 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
- Address
- 3501 E 95th St
- License
- license issued (il)
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All checked August 2026.
State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "TINY TOTS ACADEMY 3" under Provider Name and 60617 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 601421).
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.