Chicago · Licensed center
5 Star Child Care Development Center Inc
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 15 children.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since November 2018.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Oct 8, 20214 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(8)
Oct 30, 20203 citations
Staffing Structure
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Jun 7, 20192 citations
Staffing Structure
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(1)
Nov 29, 20183 citations
Staffing Structure
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(1)
The state cited rules at all 4 of this center's inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times had the same: 59% of 117.
How all 117 Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times compare
Of the 117 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None2%
- 1 of 44%
- 2 of 413%
- 3 of 422%
- All 459%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- October 8, 2021
- On file
- 4 visits since November 2018 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 27, 2021. 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.
Oct 2021 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · October 8, 2021
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(f)
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(8) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 569893 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2020 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · October 30, 2020
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 569893 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 7, 2019
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 569893 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · November 29, 2018
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 569893 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 565-4880
- Address
- 2811 W 5th Ave, Chicago, 60612
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "5 STAR CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC" under Provider Name and 60612 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 569893).
- Website — Checked August 2026 5starchildcareservices.com
- Ages on the license — Checked November 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "5 STAR CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC" under Provider Name and 60612 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 569893).
Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.