Chicago · Licensed center

Tiny Tots University

Small center, licensed for 38 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 8 of its licensing inspections since December 2023.

Of the 126 Chicago-area centers with 8 licensing inspections, 37% had rules cited at all 8, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Dec 15, 20258 citations

Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(i)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(c)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(m)

4 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)
Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(b)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

Nov 4, 20244 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(5)

Mar 19, 20243 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Feb 28, 20248 citations

Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(g)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)

4 more from this inspection

Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(1)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(d)
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

Feb 26, 20243 citations

Confidentiality of Records and Information
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.80(c)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a)(1)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

Feb 23, 20243 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(5)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

Jan 19, 20247 citations

Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1)

3 more from this inspection

Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(a)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)

Dec 28, 20232 citations

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(t)(2)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: December 15, 2025
On file: 8 visits since December 2023 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was October 3, 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.

Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · December 15, 2025

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(b) · Violation substantiated

Organization and Administration

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

Staffing Structure

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

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

Program Requirements for All Ages

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation substantiated

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 609577 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · November 4, 2024

Personnel Records

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (e)(5) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(6) · 407.120(e)(5)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 609577 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 19, 2024

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250 · 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 609577 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · February 28, 2024

Nutrition and Meal Service

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) through (l)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) · 407.330(g)(1) · 407.330(l)(1)

Grouping and Staffing

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) through (g) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · 407.190(g)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) · Violation corrected on site

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(d) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 609577 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 26, 2024

Confidentiality of Records and Information

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.80(c) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a)(1) · Violation corrected

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 609577 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 23, 2024

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (e)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(5)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 609577 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · January 19, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) through (8) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(8)

Personnel Records

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

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

Organization and Administration

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

Staffing Structure

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

Medications

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 609577 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · December 28, 2023

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1) through (t)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1) · 407.370(t)(2)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 609577 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

7735500921

Address: 7548 S May St
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 2026.

Details

Phone, Address — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "TINY TOTS UNIVERSITY" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 609577).
License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "TINY TOTS UNIVERSITY" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 609577).

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.