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Children's Home Center Too Inc

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.

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: 3 of 6 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.

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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.

May 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
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.

Feb 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jan 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
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

Cited: null

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.

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

7085168557

Address
3236 Union Ave
License
license issued (il)

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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 "CHILDREN'S HOME CENTER TOO INC" under Provider Name and 60475 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 583509).