Downers Grove · Licensed center

Great Escape Preschool

Small center, licensed for 16 children.
Shortlist has found no website for it yet.

What these mean, and where they come from

Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; 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: 11 of 11 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: February 3, 2026
On file: 11 visits since February 2014 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was February 17, 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.

Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 3, 2026

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 436093 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · January 15, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(f)

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(10) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 436093 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · January 12, 2023

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) through (4) · Rule cited again · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(4)

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 436093 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2022 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · February 4, 2022

Personnel Records

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

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

Organization and Administration

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) through (k) · Violation corrected

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

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Rule cited again

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

Cited: CCASEC4

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 436093 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · December 12, 2019

Hand Washing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(2) · Rule cited again

Medications

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) · Rule cited again

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6) · Violation corrected

Cited: FHSEC305

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 436093 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2019 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · February 26, 2019

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Rule cited again

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation corrected on site

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · Violation corrected

Hand Washing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(3) · Violation corrected on site

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k) · Violation corrected on site

Medications

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(6) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 436093 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2018 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · January 18, 2018

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(f) · Violation corrected

Hand Washing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(2) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Cited: CCASEC4

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 436093 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2017 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · January 11, 2017

Nutrition and Meal Service

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(1) · 407.330(g)(2)

Equipment and Materials

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(d) through (j)(6) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(d) · 407.380(j)(6)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Hand Washing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(8) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 436093 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2016 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 13, 2016

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(f)

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 436093 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2015 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · January 9, 2015

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(g) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(g) · 407.250(i)(1)(h) · 407.250(i)(3) · 407.250(i)(4)

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) through (e)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · 407.260(e)(3)

Hand Washing

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(2) through (8) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(2) · 407.320(a)(8)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 436093 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2014 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 5, 2014

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(b) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 436093 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

6309682699

Address: 6360 Belmont Rd
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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Sources and dates

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All checked August 2026.

State record

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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 "GREAT ESCAPE PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60516 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 436093).