Deerfield · Licensed center

Christian Beginnings

At a glance

Large center, licensed for 130 children.

What to know

License: 2 years to 6 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 8 of its 10 licensing inspections since March 2012.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

Jan 29, 2025Nothing cited
Jan 22, 2024Nothing cited
Jan 17, 20231 citation
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Mar 28, 20221 citation
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Feb 19, 20211 citation
- A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
  A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Feb 14, 20203 citations
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(11)
- Program Requirements for All Ages
  Program Requirements for All Ages
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)
- Guidance and Discipline
  Guidance and Discipline
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(2)
Mar 12, 20192 citations
- Outdoor Play Area
  Outdoor Play Area
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(m)
- A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
  A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
May 1, 20181 citation
- Health Requirements for Children
  Health Requirements for Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
Mar 6, 20171 citation
- A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
  A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Mar 6, 201216 citations
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(b)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
  Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1)(a)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
  Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1)(b)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
  Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1)(c)
- Medications
  Medications
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(n)(1)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(n)(2)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(n)(3)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(n)(4)

The state cited rules at 8 of this center's 10 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 10 or more times had rules cited at some but not all of theirs, as this center did: 78% of 868.

How all 868 Chicago-area centers inspected 10 or more times compare

Of the 868 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 10 or more times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

Some78%This center
All22%

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: January 29, 2025
On file: 10 visits since March 2012 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was February 16, 2023. 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 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jan 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 17, 2023

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 004329 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 28, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 004329 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 19, 2021

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 004329 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2020 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 14, 2020

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(11) · Violation corrected

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 004329 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 12, 2019

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(m) · 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 004329 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 1, 2018

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 004329 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 6, 2017

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 004329 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2012 Monitoring visit 16 findings

Monitoring visit · March 6, 2012

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) through (n)(4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(n)(1) · 407.370(n)(2) · 407.370(n)(3) · 407.370(n)(4)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4) · 407.250(i)(4)(a) · 407.250(i)(4)(b)

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1)(a) through (c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1)(a) · 407.260(f)(1)(b) · 407.260(f)(1)(c)

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) through (i) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · 407.100(i)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

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

Medications

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 004329 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone: (847) 945-5140
Address: 824 Waukegan Rd, Deerfield, 60015

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.

Details

Phone, Address — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "CHRISTIAN BEGINNINGS" under Provider Name and 60015 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 004329).
License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "CHRISTIAN BEGINNINGS" under Provider Name and 60015 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 004329).
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 "CHRISTIAN BEGINNINGS" under Provider Name and 60015 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 004329).

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.