Chicago · Licensed center
Garfield YMCA
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 56 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 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since May 2019.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
May 1, 20261 citation
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
May 12, 20252 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4)
Mar 22, 20241 citation
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)
Nov 27, 20232 citations
Program Requirements for All Ages
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(q)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(4)
- Apr 7, 2023Nothing cited
Oct 6, 20201 citation
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
May 2, 20191 citation
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
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
- May 1, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since May 2019 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 31, 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 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 1, 2026
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 294741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · May 12, 2025
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 294741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 22, 2024
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 294741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · November 27, 2023
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(q) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 294741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 6, 2020
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 294741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 2, 2019
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 294741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 265-3900
- Address
- 7 North Homan Ave., Chicago, 60624
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "GARFIELD YMCA" under Provider Name and 60624 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 294741).
- 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 "GARFIELD YMCA" under Provider Name and 60624 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 294741).
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.