Crystal Lake · Licensed center
First Church Preschool
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 58 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 10 of its 11 licensing inspections since May 2011.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
May 12, 20262 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(e)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6)
May 19, 20251 citation
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
- May 14, 2024Nothing cited
Jul 31, 20192 citations
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(b)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(2)
Apr 12, 20171 citation
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)
May 12, 20152 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
May 5, 20153 citations
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(o)(1)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(1)
Mar 5, 20153 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(9)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(b)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(i)(1)
May 15, 20142 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(3)
May 8, 20131 citation
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)
May 2, 20114 citations
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)(1)
Grouping and Staffing
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)(3)
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)
The state cited rules at 10 of this center's 11 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 10 or more times had rules cited at some but not all of theirs, as this center did: 78% of 868.
How all 868 Chicago-area centers inspected 10 or more times compare
Of the 868 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 10 or more times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- Some78%This center
- All22%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- May 12, 2026
- On file
- 11 visits since May 2011 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 29, 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.
May 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · May 12, 2026
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(e) · 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 031691 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 19, 2025
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 031691 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · July 31, 2019
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(2) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(b) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 031691 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 12, 2017
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 031691 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2015 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · May 12, 2015
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 031691 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2015 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · May 5, 2015
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) through (o)(1) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(o)(1)
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 031691 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2015 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · March 5, 2015
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(9) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(b) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(i)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 031691 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2014 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · May 15, 2014
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 031691 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2013 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 8, 2013
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 031691 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2011 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · May 2, 2011
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)(1) through (p)(3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)(1) · 407.370(p)(3)
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 031691 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (815) 459-8097
- Address
- 236 W Crystal Lake Ave, Crystal Lake, 60014
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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 August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "FIRST CHURCH PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60014 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 031691).
- 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 "FIRST CHURCH PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60014 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 031691).
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.