Chicago · Licensed center
Ivy Garden After School Center, LLC
A academic center in Chicago, licensed for 47 children. The state cited something at 8 of 8 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6).
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.
How they teach
Academic
“we focus squarely on academic prep, physical development, moral education, and social skills enhancement”In their words. ivygardenlearning.com, August 2026
One of 10 Chicago-area providers that describe an academic approach, out of 129 that describe any approach at all.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 8 of 8 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 17, 2025
- On file
- 8 visits since March 2010 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was February 24, 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 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 17, 2025
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490910 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · December 4, 2024
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(f) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · 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 490910 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · November 22, 2022
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) through (p)(3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(6) · 407.370(e)(7) · 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(p) · 407.370(p)(3)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(f) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490910 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2016 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 27, 2016
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490910 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2015 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · October 2, 2015
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490910 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2014 Monitoring visit 18 findings
Monitoring visit · October 15, 2014
Personnel Records
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(6)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(b) through (4)(a) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(b) · 407.250(i)(1)(g) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Health Requirements for Children
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(f)
Hand Washing
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(1) through (c)(5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(1) · 407.320(c)(5)
Nutrition and Meal Service
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(i) through (l)(1) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(i) · 407.330(l)(1)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(n)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490910 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2011 Monitoring visit 18 findings
Monitoring visit · June 29, 2011
Personnel Records
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (c) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(b) · 407.120(c)
Volunteers
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.180(b) through (e) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.180(b) · 407.180(d) · 407.180(e)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(f) through (g) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(f) · 407.60(g)
Staffing Structure
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a) through (d) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a) · 407.90(d)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) · 407.250(i)(2)
Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation corrected
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490910 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2010 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · March 30, 2010
Special Requirements for School-Age Children
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(d) through (h) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(d) · 407.220(e) · 407.220(f) · 407.220(g) · 407.220(h)
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)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490910 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 3126249341
- Website
- ivygardenlearning.com
- Address
- 625 W 31st St
- License
- license issued (il)
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked August 2026 · ivygardenlearning.com
State record
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 · sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "IVY GARDEN AFTER SCHOOL CENTER, LLC" under Provider Name and 60616 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 490910).
- Website — Checked August 2026 · ivygardenlearning.com