Bellwood · Licensed center
Creative Kids Academy Childcare Ctr LLC
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 61 children.
What to know
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 both of its licensing inspections since March 2026.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jul 8, 202612 citations
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
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)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)
Grouping and Staffing
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f)
Program Requirements for All Ages
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)(8)
Special Requirements for School-Age Children
Special Requirements for School-Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(e)
Hand Washing
Hand Washing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(2)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)
Mar 16, 20263 citations
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
The state cited rules at both of this center's 2 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected twice had the same: 60% of 83.
How all 83 Chicago-area centers inspected twice compare
Of the 83 Chicago-area centers the state inspected twice, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None13%
- 1 of 227%
- Both60%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- July 8, 2026
- On file
- 2 visits since March 2026 — both cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was August 7, 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.
Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · July 8, 2026
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (6) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (6) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation substantiated
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f) · Violation substantiated
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)(8) · Violation substantiated
Special Requirements for School-Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(e) · Violation substantiated
Hand Washing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(2) · Violation substantiated
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation substantiated
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 639310 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · March 16, 2026
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation substantiated
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 639310 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (708) 466-4079
- Address
- 4821 Saint Charles Rd, Bellwood, 60104
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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 "CREATIVE KIDS ACADEMY CHILDCARE CTR LLC" under Provider Name and 60104 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 639310).
- 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 "CREATIVE KIDS ACADEMY CHILDCARE CTR LLC" under Provider Name and 60104 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 639310).
Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; 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.