Chicago · Licensed center
Creative Kidz Learning Center Inc
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 31 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 all 4 of its licensing inspections since June 2018.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jun 27, 20222 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(b)
Jul 15, 20211 citation
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)
Jul 18, 20199 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
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(j)
Grouping and Staffing
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)
Grouping and Staffing
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(4)
Grouping and Staffing
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Jun 18, 20188 citations
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(1)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(2)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(3)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(4)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(5)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
The state cited rules at all 4 of this center's inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times had the same: 59% of 117.
How all 117 Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times compare
Of the 117 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None2%
- 1 of 44%
- 2 of 413%
- 3 of 422%
- All 459%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- June 27, 2022
- On file
- 4 visits since June 2018 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 27, 2022. 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.
Jun 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 27, 2022
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 556955 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 15, 2021
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 556955 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2019 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · July 18, 2019
Grouping and Staffing
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) through (d)(4) · Violation substantiated · Repeat violation
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · 407.190(d) · 407.190(d)(4)
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (6) · Violation substantiated · Repeat violation
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(6)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) through (j) · Repeat violation · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(j)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · 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 556955 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · June 18, 2018
Guidance and Discipline
6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) through (5) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · 407.270(a)(1) · 407.270(a)(2) · 407.270(a)(3) · 407.270(a)(4) · 407.270(a)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · Violation substantiated
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 556955 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 989-7400
- Address
- 5776 N Lincoln Ave # 78, Chicago, 60659
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Sources and dates
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "CREATIVE KIDZ LEARNING CENTER INC" under Provider Name and 60659 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 556955).
- 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 KIDZ LEARNING CENTER INC" under Provider Name and 60659 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 556955).
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.