Chicago · Licensed center
Chicago Youth Centers-Calumet Heights
- Medium center, licensed for 85 children.
What these mean, and where they come from
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: 4 of 4 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
- January 9, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since April 2024 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 29, 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 9 findings
Monitoring visit · January 9, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Repeat violation · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(f)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Repeat violation
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Repeat violation
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation substantiated
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Repeat violation
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Repeat violation
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Repeat violation
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 622410 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 10 findings
Monitoring visit · February 4, 2025
Organization and Administration
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) through (i) · Rule cited again · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 407.70(i)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 622410 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · September 10, 2024
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) through (j)(1) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(e)(4) · 407.370(j)(1)
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)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 622410 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 5, 2024
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 622410 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
- chicagoyouthcenters.org
- Address
- 9207 S Phillips Ave
- License
- license issued (il)
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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 "CHICAGO YOUTH CENTERS-CALUMET HEIGHTS" under Provider Name and 60617 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 622410).
- Website — Checked August 2026 chicagoyouthcenters.org