Chicago · Licensed center
Ivy Garden Learning Center LLC
A academic center in Chicago, licensed for 83 children. The state cited something at 6 of 7 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6).
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.
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 4, 2025
- On file
- 7 visits since May 2013 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was November 4, 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 6 findings
Monitoring visit · September 4, 2025
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (5) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation substantiated
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(j) · Violation substantiated
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 508490 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2022 Monitoring visit 11 findings
Monitoring visit · August 16, 2022
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) through (p)(3) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(7) · 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(p)(3)
Staffing Structure
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) through (d)(2) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · 407.90(d)(2)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(f) · Violation substantiated
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(1) · Violation substantiated
Substitutes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.170(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 508490 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2021 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · August 10, 2021
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)(2) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(m) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 508490 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2021 Monitoring visit 10 findings
Monitoring visit · April 6, 2021
Personnel Records
6 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)(4) · 407.120(a)(5) · 407.120(a)(6)
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(f) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h) · 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 508490 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2015 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · July 16, 2015
General Requirements for Personnel
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(1) · 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(f)
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) through (d) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(d)
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 508490 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2013 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · May 24, 2013
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected on site
Special Requirements for School-Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(h) · Violation corrected
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 508490 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 3126249902
- Website
- ivygardenlearning.com
- Address
- 622 W 31st St # 624
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
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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 LEARNING CENTER LLC" under Provider Name and 60616 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 508490).
- Website — Checked August 2026 · ivygardenlearning.com