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College Of Lake County Children's Center

At a glance

  • Small center, licensed for 36 children.

What to know

License: 2 years to 12 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 3 of its 6 licensing inspections since May 2011.

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Licensing inspections

  • Mar 10, 2025Nothing cited
  • Apr 12, 20241 citation
    • Guidance and Discipline
      • Guidance and Discipline

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)

  • Feb 29, 2024Nothing cited
  • Aug 16, 2022Nothing cited
  • Jun 5, 20182 citations
    • General Requirements for Personnel
      • General Requirements for Personnel

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

  • May 18, 20115 citations
    • General Requirements for Personnel
      • General Requirements for Personnel

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(2)

    • Personnel Records
      • Personnel Records

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

    • Health Requirements for Children
      • Health Requirements for Children

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)

    • Physical Plant/Indoor Space
      • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6)

    • Physical Plant/Indoor Space
      • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(n)(2)

The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 6 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 6 times had more: 82% of 139 had rules cited at 4 or more.

How all 139 Chicago-area centers inspected 6 times compare

Of the 139 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • 1 of 62%
  • 2 of 64%
  • 3 of 612%This center
  • 4 of 614%
  • 5 of 631%
  • All 637%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
March 10, 2025
On file
6 visits since May 2011 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was June 15, 2018. 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.

Mar 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 12, 2024

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 273272 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Aug 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 5, 2018

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 273272 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2011 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · May 18, 2011

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6) through (n)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6) · 407.370(n)(2)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(2) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 273272 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone
(847) 543-2190
Address
33 N. Genesee Street, Waukegan, 60085

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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 "COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY CHILDREN'S CENTER" under Provider Name and 60085 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 273272).
  • 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 "COLLEGE OF LAKE COUNTY CHILDREN'S CENTER" under Provider Name and 60085 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 273272).

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.

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