Chicago · Licensed center
Belmont Child Care Center
A center in Chicago, licensed for 62 children. The state cited something at 8 of 9 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: 8 of 9 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
- September 25, 2025
- On file
- 9 visits since January 2018 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 25, 2025. 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.
Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · September 25, 2025
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(e)(3)
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)(1) · 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)(4) · Violation corrected
Outdoor Play Area
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 2, 2024
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(f) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 25, 2024
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 17 findings
Monitoring visit · September 7, 2022
Personnel Records
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (e)(5) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(e)(2) · 407.120(e)(4) · 407.120(e)(5)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) through (r) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(r)
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (e) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(e)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation substantiated
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation substantiated
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(d)(1) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) · Violation substantiated
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(d)(3) · Violation substantiated
Outdoor Play Area
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(m) · Violation substantiated
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2021 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · September 9, 2021
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) through (f)(2) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(f)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation substantiated
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j) · Violation substantiated
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 558464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2019 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · July 3, 2019
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) through (2) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) · 407.250(i)(2)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation substantiated
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(h) · Violation substantiated
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(2) · Violation substantiated
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380 · Violation substantiated
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · August 13, 2018
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) through (2) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) · 407.250(i)(2)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2018 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · January 24, 2018
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(8) through (f)(2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(8) · 407.370(f)(2)
Equipment and Materials
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) through (5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) · 407.380(j)(5)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(h) · Violation corrected
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558464 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7736851133
- Address
- 5724 W Belmont Ave # 28
- License
- license issued (il)
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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 "BELMONT CHILD CARE CENTER" under Provider Name and 60634 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 558464).