Joliet · Licensed center

Educare Learning Centers Inc

Medium center, licensed for 56 children.
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What these mean, and where they come from

Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 5 of 5 cited something

Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits.

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: June 13, 2018
On file: 5 visits since October 2013 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was July 13, 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.

Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 13, 2018

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(4)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 513178 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2017 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 6, 2017

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · Violation substantiated

Cited: CCASEC4

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 513178 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 10, 2016

Volunteers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.180(b) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)(3) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 513178 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2016 Monitoring visit 18 findings

Monitoring visit · February 29, 2016

Grouping and Staffing

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) through (d)(4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · 407.190(d)(2) · 407.190(d)(3) · 407.190(d)(4)

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) through (e)(4)(c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · 407.260(e)(4) · 407.260(e)(4)(b) · 407.260(e)(4)(c)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) through (p) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) · 407.370(e) · 407.370(p)

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)(1) through (f)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)(1) · 407.90(f)(1)

Program Requirements for All Ages

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p) through (r) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p) · 407.200(r)

Definitions

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.45 · Violation corrected

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(n)(3) · Violation corrected

Special Requirements for School-Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(c)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 513178 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2013 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · October 25, 2013

Outdoor Play Area

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(a) through (g) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(a) · 407.390(b) · 407.390(f) · 407.390(g)

Provisions Pertaining to Permits

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.65(a)(14) · Violation corrected

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l) · Violation corrected on site

Staffing Structure

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

Personnel Records

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

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)(c) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 513178 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).

Details

8154364024

Address: 3171 T Hickey Ave
License: license issued (il)

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All checked August 2026.

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Details

Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "EDUCARE LEARNING CENTERS INC" under Provider Name and 60435 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 513178).