Chicago · Licensed center
A Childs Place Academy 2, LLC
A center in Chicago, licensed for 24 children. The state cited something at 6 of 7 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Small center. 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: 6 of 7 cited something
Across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 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
- February 25, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since September 2019 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 25, 2026. 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.
Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · February 25, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (d) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(d)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) through (f)(3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(f)(2) · 407.370(f)(3)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24) · Violation corrected
Hand Washing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(b)(4) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574679 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · June 2, 2025
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574679 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 15 findings
Monitoring visit · April 27, 2023
Organization and Administration
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) through (i) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 407.70(e)(1) · 407.70(e)(2) · 407.70(e)(3) · 407.70(i)
Personnel Records
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (e)(5) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(5)
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation substantiated
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation substantiated
Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) · Violation substantiated
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574679 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · December 16, 2022
Grouping and Staffing
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · 407.190(d) · 407.190(e) · 407.190(f)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(e) through (h)(7) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(e) · 407.210(h)(2) · 407.210(h)(6) · 407.210(h)(7)
Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574679 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2021 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · February 8, 2021
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (3) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(3)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574679 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · September 10, 2019
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574679 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7736754433
- Address
- 6113 S Prairie Ave # 6115
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
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Sources and dates
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All checked July 2026.
State record
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "A CHILDS PLACE ACADEMY 2, LLC" under Provider Name and 60637 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 574679).