Burbank · Licensed center

Early Childhood Academia

At a glance

Medium center, licensed for 67 children.

What to know

License: 6 weeks 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 3 of its 9 licensing inspections since March 2019.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

May 27, 2026Nothing cited
Apr 12, 2023Nothing cited
Mar 30, 20222 citations
- Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  Diapering and Toileting Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)
- Equipment and Materials
  Equipment and Materials
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g)
Jan 31, 2022Nothing cited
Jan 26, 2022Nothing cited
Mar 4, 20208 citations
- Staffing Structure
  Staffing Structure
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(e)(1)
- Program Requirements for All Ages
  Program Requirements for All Ages
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)
- Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
  Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)
- Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
  Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(8)
- Napping and Sleeping
  Napping and Sleeping
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1)
- Napping and Sleeping
  Napping and Sleeping
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(4)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11)
- Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  Physical Plant/Indoor Space
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1)
Apr 25, 2019Nothing cited
Apr 9, 20195 citations
- Staffing Structure
  Staffing Structure
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2)
- General Requirements for Personnel
  General Requirements for Personnel
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)
- Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
  Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)
- Napping and Sleeping
  Napping and Sleeping
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j)
- Equipment and Materials
  Equipment and Materials
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)
Mar 7, 2019Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 9 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 9 times had more: 97% of 127 had rules cited at 4 or more.

How all 127 Chicago-area centers inspected 9 times compare

Of the 127 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 9 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

2 of 91%
3 of 92%This center
4 of 92%
5 of 92%
6 of 916%
7 of 921%
8 of 924%
All 931%

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: May 27, 2026
On file: 9 visits since March 2019 — 6 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was April 29, 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.

May 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Apr 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 30, 2022

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation substantiated

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 566695 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Mar 2020 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · March 4, 2020

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) through (f)(8) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · 407.210(f)(8)

Napping and Sleeping

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1) through (i)(4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1) · 407.350(i)(4)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) through (f)(1) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(f)(1)

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(e)(1) · Violation corrected

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 566695 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2019 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Apr 2019 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · April 9, 2019

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation corrected on site

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j) · Violation corrected on site

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 566695 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2019 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Details

Phone: (708) 581-3300
Address: 8510 S Cicero Ave, Burbank, 60459

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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 "EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMIA" under Provider Name and 60459 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 566695).
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 "EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMIA" under Provider Name and 60459 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 566695).

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.