Cicero · Licensed center

Childrens Cntr Cicero-Berwyn Rf Site

At a glance

Small center, licensed for 40 children.

What to know

License: 3 years to 5 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 all 3 of its licensing inspections since August 2024.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

Sep 23, 20267 citations
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)
- Health Requirements for Children
  Health Requirements for Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
- A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
  A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Sep 22, 202512 citations
- Background Checks for Personnel
  Background Checks for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
- 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)(6)
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
- Organization and Administration
  Organization and Administration
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
- Guidance and Discipline
  Guidance and Discipline
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
- Qualifications for Child Care Director
  Qualifications for Child Care Director
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130
- A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
  A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
- A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
  A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Aug 27, 20245 citations
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)
- Guidance and Discipline
  Guidance and Discipline
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
- Organization and Administration
  Organization and Administration
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
- Outdoor Play Area
  Outdoor Play Area
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)

The state cited rules at all 3 of this center's inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 3 times had the same: 57% of 110.

How all 110 Chicago-area centers inspected 3 times compare

Of the 110 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

None11%
1 of 38%
2 of 324%
All 357%This center

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: September 23, 2026
On file: 3 visits since August 2024 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was October 28, 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.

Sep 2026 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · September 23, 2026

Personnel Records

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(6)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation substantiated

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation substantiated

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 045297 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · September 22, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(f)

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130 · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

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

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 045297 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · August 27, 2024

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(6)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 045297 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone: (708) 652-1201
Address: 5341 W Cermak Rd, Cicero, 60804

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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 "CHILDRENS CNTR CICERO-BERWYN RF SITE" under Provider Name and 60804 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 045297).
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 "CHILDRENS CNTR CICERO-BERWYN RF SITE" under Provider Name and 60804 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 045297).

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.