Chicago · Licensed center
Childrens Land On Belmont
A center in Chicago, licensed for 165 children. The state cited something at 4 of 8 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6).
Large center. 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.
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What the state has found
Routine visits: 4 of 8 cited something
Across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 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
- November 12, 2024
- On file
- 8 visits since September 2017 — 4 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 12, 2024. 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.
Nov 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · November 12, 2024
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553828 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · November 16, 2021
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553828 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 16, 2018
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(e)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553828 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2017 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · September 14, 2017
Guidance and Discipline
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(3) through (c)(6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(3) · 407.270(c)(1) · 407.270(c)(6)
Hand Washing
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(b)(3) through (c) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(b)(3) · 407.320(c)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(1) · 407.340(a)(5)
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553828 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
A day here
- Meals
- Provides healthy, age-appropriate meals and snacks daily, catered fresh from a high-end distributor using organic ingredients (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Outdoors
- Weather permitting, children go outside daily (stroller walks/playground); parents must provide appropriate clothing (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Sleep
- Infants are napped and fed in accordance with the family's home routine (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Diapers
- Parents supply diapers, wipes, lotions and powders (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Hours
- 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week
Details
- Phone
- 7734197603
- Website
- childrensland.com
- Address
- 6818 W Belmont Ave
- License
- license issued (il)
- Established
- 2005
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A day here
- Meals, Outdoors, Sleep, Diapers — Checked August 2026 · childrensland.com
- Hours — Checked August 2026 · childrensland.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 · sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "CHILDRENS LAND ON BELMONT" under Provider Name and 60634 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 553828).
- Website — Checked August 2026 · childrensland.com
- Established — Checked August 2026 · childrensland.com