Chicago · Licensed center
Centers For New Horizons Inc Effie Ellis
- Large center, licensed for 129 children.
What these mean, and where they come from
Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.
Who cares for your child
Ratio not published
Eight staff are named on their site, with no start years given.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 8 of 11 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.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- October 6, 2022
- On file
- 11 visits since September 2011 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 9, 2019. 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.
Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 6, 2022
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 458752 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · September 9, 2019
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 458752 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 2, 2018
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 458752 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 7, 2017
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 458752 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2015 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · September 22, 2015
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(f)
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(f) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 458752 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2014 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · October 16, 2014
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)(1) · 407.370(d)(3) · 407.370(e) · 407.370(f)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2) through (c) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2) · 407.340(c)
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 458752 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2013 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · August 21, 2013
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h) · Violation corrected
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 458752 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2011 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · September 21, 2011
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370 through (o)(2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370 · 407.370(f)(2) · 407.370(o)(2)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(g) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 458752 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
- Website
- cnh.org
- Address
- 4301 S Cottage Grove Ave
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
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Who cares for your child
- Staff cnh.org
State record
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "CENTERS FOR NEW HORIZONS INC EFFIE ELLIS" under Provider Name and 60653 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 458752).
- Website — Checked August 2026 cnh.org