Crystal Lake · Licensed center

Crystal Lake Head Start

At a glance

Medium center, licensed for 105 children.

What to know

License: 3 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 4 of its 6 licensing inspections since April 2015.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

Nov 2, 20262 citations
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(e)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)
Apr 14, 202610 citations
- Personnel Records
  Personnel Records
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(b)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(c)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(e)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(h)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
  Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)
- Health Requirements for Children
  Health Requirements for Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
- Health Requirements for Children
  Health Requirements for Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
- Napping and Sleeping
  Napping and Sleeping
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6)
Apr 9, 2024Nothing cited
Jan 6, 2020Nothing cited
Mar 21, 20162 citations
- Outdoor Play Area
  Outdoor Play Area
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f)
- Outdoor Play Area
  Outdoor Play Area
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)
Apr 13, 20151 citation
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(1)

The state cited rules at 4 of this center's 6 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 6 times had more: 68% of 139 had rules cited at 5 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%
4 of 614%This center
5 of 631%
All 637%

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: November 2, 2026
On file: 6 visits since April 2015 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was November 30, 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.

Nov 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · November 2, 2026

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(1)(e) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)(1)(e)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 013729 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · April 14, 2026

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(b) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(b) · 407.250(i)(1)(c) · 407.250(i)(1)(e) · 407.250(i)(1)(h)

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(a)(5)

Personnel Records

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · Violation corrected

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 013729 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jan 2020 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Mar 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 21, 2016

Outdoor Play Area

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f) through (l) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f) · 407.390(l)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 013729 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2015 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 13, 2015

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 013729 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone: (815) 455-6930
Address: 76 W Crystal Lake Ave, Crystal Lake, 60014

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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 "CRYSTAL LAKE HEAD START" under Provider Name and 60014 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 013729).
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 "CRYSTAL LAKE HEAD START" under Provider Name and 60014 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 013729).

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.