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Helpful Phone Numbers

Day Care Information Line: 877-746-0829
Call the toll-free number to receive information on a provider’s licensing status, capacity, and past year’s history of DCFS licensing violations. Have the providers name and address available when you call.

Child Abuse Hotline: 800-252-2873
Call if you suspect or know of an incident of child abuse or neglect.

Local Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)
Licensing Offices:
These numbers may be called if you suspect a licensing
violation of someone caring for children.

Grundy County: 815-730-4000
Kankakee County: 815-939-8140
Kendall County: 630-801-3400
Will County: 815-730-4000

Local Health Departments:
Will County: 815-727-8480
Grundy County: 815-941-3400
Kendall County: 630-553-9100
Kankakee County: 815-937-3560

Local Department of Human Services:
Will County: 815-740-5350
Grundy County: 815-433-1572
Kendall County: 630-553-7743
Kankakee County: 815-939-8052

Crisis Lines:
Crisis Line of Will County: 815-722-3344
Crisis Line of Grundy County: 815-942-6611

Additional Resources:
For more information on Tax Credits for Families click here
For additional Child Care Options click here

 

Child Care Referrals:
In Joliet
(815)741-1179

Outside Joliet
(800)552-5526

Financial Assistance :
In Joliet
(815)741-4622

Outside Joliet
(800)641-4622

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