Aurora · Licensed center
Hometown Child Care
A center in Aurora, licensed for 64 children. The state cited something at 11 of 14 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Medium center. 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: 11 of 14 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
- June 25, 2026
- On file
- 14 visits since August 2016 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 1, 2025. 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.
Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · April 1, 2025
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547582 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 3, 2024
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(o) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547582 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · April 9, 2024
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation corrected
Outdoor Play Area
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(m) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547582 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · May 11, 2023
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 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 547582 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 31, 2023
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(e)(1) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547582 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 9, 2021
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547582 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · December 3, 2020
Provisions Pertaining to the License
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(5)(a) through (b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(5)(a) · 407.60(5)(b)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547582 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · August 14, 2019
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Rule cited again
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(h) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547582 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2019 Monitoring visit 24 findings
Monitoring visit · April 22, 2019
Personnel Records
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (6) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site · Rule cited again
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(5) · 407.120(a)(6)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) through (p) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(4) · 407.370(e)(9) · 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(p)
Program Requirements for All Ages
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(i) through (m) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(i) · 407.200(j) · 407.200(m)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) through (f)(24) · Rule cited again · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · 407.210(f)(24)
Nutrition and Meal Service
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) through (m) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) · 407.330(m)
Equipment and Materials
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) through (b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) · 407.380(b)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Rule cited again
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) · Rule cited again
Substitutes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.170(b) · Violation corrected on site
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Rule cited again
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547582 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2017 Monitoring visit 11 findings
Monitoring visit · April 25, 2017
Organization and Administration
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) · 407.70(e)(2) · 407.70(e)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c) through (8) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(c)(8)
Staffing Structure
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(f) through (1) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(f) · 407.90(f)(1)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation corrected
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f) · Violation corrected
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547582 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2016 Monitoring visit 17 findings
Monitoring visit · August 4, 2016
Health Requirements for Children
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(a)(1) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)
Grouping and Staffing
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) through (d)(4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · 407.190(d)(1) · 407.190(d)(2) · 407.190(d)(4)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(f)(1) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h) · Violation corrected
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
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547582 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 6306929300
- Address
- 60 S Lincoln Ave Ste 1
- License
- license issued (il)
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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 "HOMETOWN CHILD CARE" under Provider Name and 60505 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 547582).