Downers Grove had 16 state-licensed child care facilities in 2025

In 2025, Downers Grove was home to 16 licensed child care facilities, data from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services shows.

Among these, 12 were licensed as day care centers, representing 75%, three as group day care homes (18.8%) and one as a family child care home (6.3%).

Facilities in Downers Grove enroll children from infancy through age 12, providing services for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age youth.

Child care providers in the village accommodate a range of languages, with English spoken at 16 facilities and one facility offering care in Spanish as well.

Across Illinois, there were 8,602 licensed child care facilities in 2025.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has placed a hold on some federal child care and family assistance funding for California, Colorado, Minnesota, New York and Illinois because of reported fraud risks, the agency announced Jan. 6. The hold affects nearly $2.4 billion from the Child Care and Development Fund, $7.35 billion for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and $869 million in Social Services Block Grants, requiring states to document expenses before funds are released. 

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker called the action “wrong and cruel” and indicated the state may seek to contest the freeze, highlighting anti-fraud actions already adopted in Illinois. 

The state's administration reported that the funding freeze could impact about 100,000 families and more than 152,000 children in Illinois’ Child Care Assistance Program, in addition to thousands of licensed providers and 275 human service agencies.

This article’s information originated from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. View the source data here.