Chicago · Licensed center

Graham Crackers Daycare Center II, Inc.

Medium center, licensed for 77 children.
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What these mean, and where they come from

Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 8 of 8 cited something

Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits.

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: May 23, 2023
On file: 8 visits since July 2019 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was June 22, 2023. 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 2023 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · May 23, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (8) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(c)(8)

Organization and Administration

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) through (i) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 407.70(i)

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) through (d) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · 407.90(d)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)(14) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 575556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 23, 2023

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 575556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2022 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · May 3, 2022

Personnel Records

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(b)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) · Violation corrected

Cited: CCASEC4

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

Cited: FHSEC305

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 575556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · September 24, 2020

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 575556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · October 1, 2019

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24) · Violation corrected on site

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)(2) · Violation corrected

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 575556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · September 11, 2019

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected on site

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(m) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 575556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 13, 2019

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

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 575556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 9, 2019

Grouping and Staffing

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · 407.190(d)(4) · 407.190(f)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 575556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).

Details

7735687611

Address: 1 E 113th St
License: license issued (il)

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Details

Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "GRAHAM CRACKERS DAYCARE CENTER II, INC." under Provider Name and 60628 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 575556).