Chicago · Licensed center

5 Star Child Care Development Center Inc

Small center, licensed for 15 children.

What these mean, and where they come from

Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 4 of 4 cited something

Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits.

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

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.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).

Details

7735654880

Website: 5starchildcareservices.com
Address: 2811 W 5th Ave
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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Details

Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. 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