Western Springs · Licensed center
First Congregational Church Preschool
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 57 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 3 of its 6 licensing inspections since November 2015.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Nov 18, 20251 citation
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)
- Dec 11, 2024Nothing cited
- Dec 6, 2022Nothing cited
- Dec 9, 2021Nothing cited
Dec 9, 20161 citation
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Nov 6, 20156 citations
Qualifications for Child Care Director
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j)(1)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j)(2)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j)(3)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a)(1)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a)(2)
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(g)
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 6 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 6 times had more: 82% of 139 had rules cited at 4 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%This center
- 4 of 614%
- 5 of 631%
- All 637%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- November 18, 2025
- On file
- 6 visits since November 2015 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 19, 2025. 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 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · November 18, 2025
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 007044 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2016 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · December 9, 2016
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 007044 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2015 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · November 6, 2015
Qualifications for Child Care Director
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a)(1) through (j)(3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a)(1) · 407.130(a)(2) · 407.130(j)(1) · 407.130(j)(2) · 407.130(j)(3)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(g) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 007044 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (708) 246-4908
- Address
- 1106 Chestnut Street, Western Springs, 60558
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60558 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 007044).
- License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60558 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 007044).
- 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 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60558 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 007044).
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.