Chicago · Licensed center
Ivy Garden Learning Center LLC Halsted
A academic center in Chicago, licensed for 195 children. The state cited something at 6 of 7 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6).
Large center. Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.
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: 6 of 7 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
- September 9, 2025
- On file
- 7 visits since March 2019 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was November 14, 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.
Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 25 findings
Monitoring visit · September 9, 2025
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) through (f)(1) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(4) · 407.370(e)(6) · 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(f)(1)
Health Requirements for Children
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (d) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(d)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(2)(b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)(2) · 407.250(i)(2)(b)
Equipment and Materials
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b) through (e)(3) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b) · 407.380(d) · 407.380(e)(3)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(6)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i) · Violation corrected
Hand Washing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(c) · Violation corrected on site
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(f)(1) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558746 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 18, 2024
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558746 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · March 16, 2022
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) through (e)(1) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(1)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(e)(1) · Violation corrected
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1)(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558746 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(e) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558746 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · December 18, 2019
Guidance and Discipline
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(5) through (6)(e) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(5) · 407.270(c)(6)(e)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558746 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 20, 2019
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · 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 558746 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 3129294355
- Website
- ivygardenlearning.com
- Address
- 2929 S Halsted St
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
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Sources and dates
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked August 2026 · ivygardenlearning.com
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
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 LEARNING CENTER LLC HALSTED" under Provider Name and 60608 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 558746).
- Website — Checked August 2026 · ivygardenlearning.com