Chicago · Licensed center
Willow Tree Child Care Fullerton
- Small center, licensed for 40 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since January 2023.
Of the 106 Chicago-area centers with 3 licensing inspections, 58% had rules cited at all 3, as this center did. 10% had none cited.
Licensing inspections
Mar 9, 202612 citations
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)
8 more from this inspection
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(a)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Dec 5, 20239 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(a)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)(3)
5 more from this inspection
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(f)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)
Jan 17, 20232 citations
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- March 9, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since January 2023 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 9, 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.
Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · March 9, 2026
Personnel Records
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(6)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) through (e)(10) · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) · 407.370(d)(3) · 407.370(e)(10)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4) · Violation corrected
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(a) · Violation corrected on site
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 606994 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · December 5, 2023
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) through (r)(3) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(f)(3) · 407.370(r)(3)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation corrected on site
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(a) · Violation corrected on site
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 606994 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · January 17, 2023
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · 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 606994 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
- 2616 W Fullerton Ave
- 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 "WILLOW TREE CHILD CARE FULLERTON" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 606994).
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.