Zion · Licensed center
A Solid Foundation
A center in Zion, licensed for 105 children. The state cited something at 6 of 16 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Medium center. Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; 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 16 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
- April 9, 2026
- On file
- 16 visits since May 2016 — 10 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 30, 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.
Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · April 9, 2026
Outdoor Play Area
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f) through (l)(2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f) · 407.390(l)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 524082 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 15, 2024
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 524082 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 8, 2021
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 524082 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 9, 2020
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 524082 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 22, 2019
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 524082 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2016 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · May 16, 2016
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(10) through (11) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(10) · 407.100(a)(11)
Students and Youth Aides
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.160(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.160(a)(2) · 407.160(a)(3)
Guidance and Discipline
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) through (g) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · 407.270(g)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(k) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 524082 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 2243064945
- Address
- 4527 Il Route 173 Ste 108
- License
- license issued (il)
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Sources and dates
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All checked August 2026.
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "A SOLID FOUNDATION" under Provider Name and 60099 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 524082).