Hinckley · Licensed center

Building Block Preschool

At a glance

Small center, licensed for 20 children.

What to know

License: 3 years to 7 years (state).

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 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since April 2015.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

Apr 13, 20261 citation
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
May 6, 2025Nothing cited
Apr 17, 20234 citations
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)
- Health Requirements for Children
  Health Requirements for Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
- A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
  A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
May 17, 20191 citation
- Health Requirements for Children
  Health Requirements for Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
May 9, 20182 citations
- Equipment and Materials
  Equipment and Materials
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(j)
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1)
May 10, 20173 citations
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Apr 17, 20152 citations
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)

The state cited rules at 6 of this center's 7 inspections. Chicago-area centers inspected 7 times split three ways: 34% had fewer, 26% the same, and 40% more (149 centers).

How all 149 Chicago-area centers inspected 7 times compare

Of the 149 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

2 of 71%
3 of 75%
4 of 714%
5 of 714%
6 of 726%This center
All 740%

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: April 13, 2026
On file: 7 visits since April 2015 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was May 13, 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 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 13, 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 485730 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 17, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · 407.100(h)

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 485730 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 17, 2019

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 485730 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · May 9, 2018

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(j) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 485730 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2017 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · May 10, 2017

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (f) · Violation corrected

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 485730 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2015 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 17, 2015

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) through (4)(a) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 485730 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone: (815) 286-3123
Address: 324 W Mckinley Ave, Hinckley, 60520

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Sources and dates

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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 "BUILDING BLOCK PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60520 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 485730).
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 "BUILDING BLOCK PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60520 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 485730).

Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; 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.