Steger · Licensed center
Children's Home Center Too Inc
At a glance
- Large center, licensed for 162 children.
What to know
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 3 of its 6 licensing inspections since March 2021.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- May 16, 2025Nothing cited
Feb 13, 20252 citations
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60
Jan 31, 20245 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)
Transportation
Transportation
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(d)
- Feb 18, 2022Nothing cited
- Jan 25, 2022Nothing cited
Mar 25, 20218 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)(7)
Transportation
Transportation
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(e)
A citation the state’s report lists without naming the standard.
A citation the state’s report lists without naming the standard.
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 6 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 6 times had more: 82% of 139 had rules cited at 4 or more.
How all 139 Chicago-area centers inspected 6 times compare
Of the 139 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 62%
- 2 of 64%
- 3 of 612%This center
- 4 of 614%
- 5 of 631%
- All 637%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- May 16, 2025
- On file
- 6 visits since March 2021 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 15, 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.
Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · February 13, 2025
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60 · Violation substantiated
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 583509 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · January 31, 2024
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation substantiated
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation substantiated
Transportation
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(d) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 583509 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · March 25, 2021
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (e)(4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(4)
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (7) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(7)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)(7) · Violation corrected
Transportation
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(e) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists without naming the standard.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 583509 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (708) 516-8557
- Address
- 3236 Union Ave, Steger, 60475
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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 "CHILDREN'S HOME CENTER TOO INC" under Provider Name and 60475 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 583509).
- 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 "CHILDREN'S HOME CENTER TOO INC" under Provider Name and 60475 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 583509).
Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.