Child care in Illinois
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8,504 child care providers in Illinois.
From the Illinois Department of Early Childhood (IDEC), Child Care Licensing, on the DCFS Sunshine site: Sunshine Provider Lookup: its “Daycare Providers” export of the providers it lists, read each day.
What Illinois’s list covers
8,504 of the 8,659 providers Illinois counts: the state’s export leaves out 155. Illinois’s Annual Childcare Report gives only its total, so which kinds those are can’t be told.
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What the words on these cards mean9
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- The state’s most serious level
- Each state grades findings on its own scale and in its own words, so the record counts a state’s findings at that state’s top level. Two states’ top levels aren’t the same thing, so the counts aren’t compared across states. Source: How this site reads each state’s scale.
- Not read
- The file this site reads doesn’t carry what inspectors found, so nothing is counted here. It doesn’t mean the place has a clean record: the state’s own site may have its reports. Source: How this site reads each source.
- Quality rating
- Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- None on record
- The source lists nothing of this kind for the place, over the years its file covers. That is what the record holds, not proof that nothing ever happened. Source: How this site reads each source.
- Not published
- The source has no such field for this place. It isn’t a zero, and it isn’t a clean record. Source: How this site reads each source.
The list
- Day care center Coulterville Head Start Coulterville, Illinois 62237 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it19children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care center Country Learning Center Tuscola, Illinois 61953 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it12children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care center Country Meadows Montessori School Gurnee, Illinois 60031 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it30children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care center Countryside Day School Northbrook, Illinois 60062 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it30children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Courtois, April R Ursa, Illinois 62376 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it8children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care center Covenant Day Care Center Inc. Burnham, Illinois 60633 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it50children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care center Covenant Nursery School, Inc. Evanston, Illinois 60203 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it51children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Cowen, Varence L Danville, Illinois 61832 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it8children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Cox, Angela Chicago, Illinois 60644 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it8children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Cox, Brenda Belleville, Illinois 62223 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it8children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Cox, Christina M Pekin, Illinois 61554 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it8children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Cox, Connie S Galesburg, Illinois 61401 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it8children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Group day care home Cox, Kelly S Peoria, Illinois 61614 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it12children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeGroup Day Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Cox, Patricia Chicago, Illinois 60644 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it8children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Cox, Savannah A Chicago, Illinois 60644 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it7children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Cox, Sierra R Casey, Illinois 62420 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it7children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Cox, Sonja L Hazel Crest, Illinois 60429 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it7children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Cox, Stephanie L Oreana, Illinois 62554 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it6children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Coyne, Miranda L Byron, Illinois 61010 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it7children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care center Cozy Castle Learning Center Crete, Illinois 60417 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it84children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Crabtree, Kendra L White Hall, Illinois 62092 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it8children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care center Cradle 2 Creations Learning Center Inc. Chicago, Illinois 60628 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it47children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care center Cradle to the Classroom Childcare Inc. Maywood, Illinois 60153 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it70children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care center Cradles Cribs & Crayons Skokie, Illinois 60076 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it71children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Craft, Melissa J Georgetown, Illinois 61846 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it8children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Craft, Sarah R Moweaqua, Illinois 62550 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it8children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Cragoe, Robin L Chatham, Illinois 62629 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it8children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Craig, Alberta L Chicago, Illinois 60617 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it0children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Craig, Felicia A Calumet City, Illinois 60409 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it8children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Craig, Janice S Ramsey, Illinois 62080 Refuse to Renew Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it6children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Craighead, Carol C Milford, Illinois 60953 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it8children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Craighead, Jayde Milford, Illinois 60953 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it6children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Crandall, Dawn M Montgomery, Illinois 60538 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it8children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Crane, Danette Chicago, Illinois 60636 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it8children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Cravens Saunder, Evelyn Glenwood, Illinois 60425 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it8children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Crawford, Lisa M Carol Stream, Illinois 60188 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it8children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Crawford, Rosie L Chicago, Illinois 60651 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it6children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Group day care home Crawford, Talita M Chicago, Illinois 60629 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it12children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeGroup Day Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care home Crawley, Carrie Jo Oakwood, Illinois 61858 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it8children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care HomeFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care center Crayolas Early Learning Center Inc. Chicago, Illinois 60623 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it59children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care center Creative Academy Countryside, Illinois 60525 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it57children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care center Creative Beginnings Elburn, Illinois 60119 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it40children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care center Creative Children’s Learning Center Inc. Smithton, Illinois 62285 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it113children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care center Creative Kids Academy Childcare Ctr LLC Bellwood, Illinois 60104 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it61children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care center Creative Kids Day Care & Learning Center Decatur, Illinois 62526 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it167children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care center Creative Kids Daycare Center Chicago, Illinois 60632 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it31children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care center Creative Kids Daycare Center #2 Chicago, Illinois 60632 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it43children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
- Day care center Creative Kids, Inc. Columbia, Illinois 62236 Not readwhat inspectors found: the file read here doesn’t carry it59children, its capacity in the state’s list TypeDay Care CenterFindings, 3 yearsNot publishedMost seriousNot publishedLast inspectionNot publishedQuality ratingNot published
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Source:
Illinois Department of Early Childhood (IDEC), Child Care Licensing, on the DCFS Sunshine site, Sunshine Provider Lookup: its “Daycare Providers” export of the providers it lists, read each day. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
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