Chicago · Licensed center

Wise Owl Daycare, LLC

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 11 of its 17 licensing inspections since September 2013.

Of the 860 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

Jun 10, 20254 citations

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)(1)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)(1)

Aug 28, 20231 citation

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

Jun 20, 20233 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(8)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)

Aug 11, 2022No rules cited
Feb 9, 2022No rules cited
Jun 2, 20211 citation

  • Medications

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)

Mar 19, 2021No rules cited
Mar 18, 20211 citation

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(j)(1)

Feb 23, 2021No rules cited
Oct 16, 2020No rules cited
Feb 11, 2019No rules cited
Jun 20, 20187 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • Personnel Records

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

3 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)

Mar 6, 20151 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

Oct 31, 20144 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

Dec 20, 20131 citation

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)

Nov 8, 20132 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b)

Sep 28, 20133 citations

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k)(1)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(20)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
June 10, 2025
On file
17 visits since September 2013 — 6 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was June 18, 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.

Jun 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · June 10, 2025

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)(1) through (j)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)(1) · 407.370(e)(4) · 407.370(j)(1)

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 28, 2023

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · June 20, 2023

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) through (8) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) · 407.310(a)(8)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jun 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 2, 2021

Medications

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 18, 2021

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(j)(1) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Oct 2020 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2019 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · June 20, 2018

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(d)

Personnel Records

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · Violation corrected

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2015 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 6, 2015

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2014 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · October 31, 2014

Personnel Records

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

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2013 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · December 20, 2013

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2013 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · November 8, 2013

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2013 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 28, 2013

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(20) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 523154 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
2734 W North Ave
License
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All checked July 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 "WISE OWL DAYCARE, LLC" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 523154).

Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.