Chicago · Licensed center

Henry Booth House/Near South Head Start

Small center, licensed for 39 children.
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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: 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 1, 2026
On file: 8 visits since April 2010 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was June 1, 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

Cited: CCASEC4

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 291788 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · May 14, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (i) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected on site

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

Cited: CCASEC4

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 291788 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 8, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Medications

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 291788 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · March 15, 2021

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Cited: CCASEC4

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 291788 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2016 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 14, 2016

Hand Washing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(c)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 291788 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2015 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · March 3, 2015

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(4)

Hand Washing

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a) through (c)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a) · 407.320(c)(5)

Nutrition and Meal Service

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h) through (l)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h) · 407.330(l)(2)

Grouping and Staffing

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(i) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 291788 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2013 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 18, 2013

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 291788 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2010 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 30, 2010

Staffing Structure

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 291788 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

3127910424

Address: 2929 South Wabash
License: license issued (il)

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All checked July 2026.

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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 "HENRY BOOTH HOUSE/NEAR SOUTH HEAD START" under Provider Name and 60616 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 291788).