Deerfield · Licensed center
Christian Beginnings
- Large center, licensed for 130 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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: 8 of 10 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.
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 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
Cited: 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
Cited: 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
Cited: 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.
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
- Address
- 824 Waukegan Rd
- 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 "CHRISTIAN BEGINNINGS" under Provider Name and 60015 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 004329).