Cicero · Licensed center
El Valor Children Center
At a glance
- Large center, licensed for 197 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
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 3 of its 9 licensing inspections since March 2018.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Aug 4, 2026Nothing cited
- May 26, 2026Nothing cited
- Dec 2, 2025Nothing cited
- Oct 30, 2025Nothing cited
- Mar 13, 2024Nothing cited
- Feb 2, 2023Nothing cited
Feb 23, 20221 citation
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)
Mar 1, 20191 citation
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Mar 20, 20182 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
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
- August 4, 2026
- On file
- 9 visits since March 2018 — 6 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 25, 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.
Feb 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 23, 2022
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 556894 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 1, 2019
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 556894 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 20, 2018
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 556894 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 242-2710
- Address
- 5310 W 24th Pl, Cicero, 60804
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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 "EL VALOR CHILDREN CENTER" under Provider Name and 60804 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 556894).
- 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 "EL VALOR CHILDREN CENTER" under Provider Name and 60804 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 556894).
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 usaspending.gov
Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.