Hinsdale · Licensed center
Hinsdale Community Preschool
A center in Hinsdale, licensed for 40 children. The state cited something at 11 of 12 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Small center. 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 12 cited something
Across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 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 5, 2026
- On file
- 12 visits since November 2013 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 7, 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 5 findings
Monitoring visit · February 5, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Repeat violation
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Rule cited again
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Rule cited again
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 009639 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · December 19, 2024
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 009639 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · February 5, 2024
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Rule cited again
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 009639 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · December 7, 2021
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Rule cited again
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 009639 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 22, 2021
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 009639 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · January 17, 2020
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Rule cited again · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(e) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Rule cited again
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(h) · Rule cited again
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 009639 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2018 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · December 4, 2018
Medications
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(2) through (3) · Rule cited again
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(2) · 407.360(c)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Rule cited again
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(h) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 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 009639 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2017 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · January 27, 2017
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(a)(3) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 009639 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2015 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · December 10, 2015
Nutrition and Meal Service
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) through (g) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) · 407.330(e) · 407.330(f) · 407.330(g)
Medications
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(2) · 407.360(c)(3)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 009639 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2015 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · January 16, 2015
Medications
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) through (e) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) · 407.360(e)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(6) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 009639 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2013 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · November 15, 2013
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 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 009639 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 6303257484
- Address
- 415 W 8th St
- License
- license issued (il)
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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 "HINSDALE COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60521 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 009639).