Harvard · Licensed center
Harvard Head Start
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 55 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 4 of its 7 licensing inspections since April 2015.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- May 22, 2025Nothing cited
Jun 5, 20241 citation
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
- Mar 1, 2024Nothing cited
- Jun 1, 2023Nothing cited
May 10, 20181 citation
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Apr 18, 20174 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
Apr 28, 20152 citations
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Outdoor Play Area
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)
The state cited rules at 4 of this center's 7 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 7 times had more: 80% of 149 had rules cited at 5 or more.
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%This center
- 5 of 714%
- 6 of 726%
- All 740%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- May 22, 2025
- On file
- 7 visits since April 2015 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 5, 2024. 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.
Jun 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · June 5, 2024
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 055626 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 10, 2018
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 055626 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2017 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · April 18, 2017
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · Violation corrected
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k) · Violation corrected
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 055626 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2015 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · April 28, 2015
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Outdoor Play Area
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 055626 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (815) 943-5535
- Address
- 1100 N Division St, Harvard, 60033
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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, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "HARVARD HEAD START" under Provider Name and 60033 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 055626).
- 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 "HARVARD HEAD START" under Provider Name and 60033 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 055626).
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.