Chicago · Licensed center

Aqua Child Care & Learning Center

Small center, licensed for 15 children.
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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: 8 of 9 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.

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: August 25, 2026
On file: 9 visits since November 2019 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was September 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.

Aug 2026 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · August 25, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (5) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4) · 407.120(e)(5)

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation substantiated

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 576920 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · November 21, 2025

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(f) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190 · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576920 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 19, 2025

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576920 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · August 2, 2024

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k)(3) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576920 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · July 19, 2023

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) through (e)(3) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) · 407.370(e)(3)

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation substantiated

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576920 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 7, 2022

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) through (8) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(6) · 407.370(e)(8)

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(d)(2) · Violation corrected

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576920 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2021 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · August 5, 2021

Personnel Records

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (f)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(b) · 407.120(e)(5) · 407.120(f)(2)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576920 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · November 22, 2019

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1) through (r)(2) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1) · 407.370(r)(2)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576920 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

7735452782

Address: 4408 W Diversey Ave
License: license issued (il)

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All checked July 2026.

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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 "AQUA CHILD CARE & LEARNING CENTER" under Provider Name and 60639 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 576920).