Wood Dale had 4 licensed child care providers in 2025

In 2025, Wood Dale was home to 4 licensed child care providers, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services data shows. For more details, see the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

This included 2 licensed day care centers (50%), 1 group day care home (25%), and 1 family child care home (25%).

Wood Dale providers serve children from birth to 12 years, and some from 15 months to 12 years.

Local child care facilities offer services in several languages, with all 4 providing English and 1 also offering Polish.

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

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Jan. 6 that it froze certain federal child care and family assistance funds for California, Colorado, Minnesota, New York and Illinois over fraud and misuse concerns. Roughly $2.4 billion in Child Care and Development Fund grants, $7.35 billion in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds and $869 million in Social Services Block Grants will be held until states provide required documentation.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker called the freeze “wrong and cruel” and said Illinois may contest the move, noting the state has anti-fraud policies.

The Illinois administration reports this action could impact about 100,000 families and more than 152,000 children using the state’s Child Care Assistance Program, along with funding for thousands of licensed providers and 275 human service organizations.

Details for this story come from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Source data is available here.