Wauconda · Licensed center
A Stepping Stone For Kids
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 63 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 2 of its 6 licensing inspections since September 2019.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jan 14, 20261 citation
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
- Mar 5, 2024Nothing cited
- Jan 8, 2024Nothing cited
- Jan 19, 2023Nothing cited
Dec 20, 20191 citation
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
- Sep 30, 2019Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 6 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 6 times had more: 94% of 139 had rules cited at 3 or more.
How all 139 Chicago-area centers inspected 6 times compare
Of the 139 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 62%
- 2 of 64%This center
- 3 of 612%
- 4 of 614%
- 5 of 631%
- All 637%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- January 14, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since September 2019 — 4 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was February 24, 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.
Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 14, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574610 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · December 20, 2019
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 574610 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (847) 487-8960
- Address
- 924 Grand Blvd, Wauconda, 60084
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "A STEPPING STONE FOR KIDS" under Provider Name and 60084 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 574610).
- 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 "A STEPPING STONE FOR KIDS" under Provider Name and 60084 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 574610).
Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; 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.