Oak Park · Licensed center
First United Church Nursery School
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 110 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 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since October 2013.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Nov 4, 20252 citations
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
- Nov 8, 2024Nothing cited
Oct 3, 20235 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(q)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(3)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Nov 4, 20221 citation
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Oct 22, 20211 citation
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Nov 29, 20162 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Oct 9, 20131 citation
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(n)
The state cited rules at 6 of this center's 7 inspections. Chicago-area centers inspected 7 times split three ways: 34% had fewer, 26% the same, and 40% more (149 centers).
How all 149 Chicago-area centers inspected 7 times compare
Of the 149 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 2 of 71%
- 3 of 75%
- 4 of 714%
- 5 of 714%
- 6 of 726%This center
- All 740%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- November 4, 2025
- On file
- 7 visits since October 2013 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 4, 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 2 findings
Monitoring visit · November 4, 2025
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 007056 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2023 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · October 3, 2023
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(3) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(q)(2) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 007056 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · November 4, 2022
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 007056 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 22, 2021
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 007056 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · November 29, 2016
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 007056 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2013 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 9, 2013
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(n) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 007056 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (708) 848-4910
- Address
- 848 Lake Street, Oak Park, 60301
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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 — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "FIRST UNITED CHURCH NURSERY SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60301 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 007056).
- License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "FIRST UNITED CHURCH NURSERY SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60301 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 007056).
- 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 UNITED CHURCH NURSERY SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60301 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 007056).
- Who runs it — Checked November 2026 projects.propublica.org
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.