Chicago · Licensed center
Kids Future Day Care Center
A center in Chicago, licensed for 68 children. The state cited something at 6 of 9 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.
What it costs
Sibling discount: 10% discount for other enrolled siblings.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, teaching approach, ratios and staff.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 6 of 9 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 1, 2026
- On file
- 9 visits since August 2019 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 27, 2023. 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.
Jun 2026 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · June 1, 2026
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)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 577986 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · June 27, 2023
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 577986 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2021 Monitoring visit 11 findings
Monitoring visit · May 3, 2021
Personnel Records
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (e)(5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(4) · 407.120(e)(5)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · 407.370(f)(3)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 577986 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2020 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · March 5, 2020
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 577986 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · January 2, 2020
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (e)(5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(e)(4) · 407.120(e)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 577986 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 26, 2019
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 577986 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
A day here
- Meals
- Parents supply food for infants 12 months and under; lunch and two snacks provided daily (by Healthy Organic Kids) for children 8 months and older
- Hours
- 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week
- Schedule
- full-time or part-time
Policies
- When a child is sick
- Child sent home if temperature exceeds 100°F; may not return until 48 hours fever-free
- Enrollment
- First-come, first-served admission with two separate waitlists (current families' siblings vs. new families); families contacted about a month before a spot opens to finalize the schedule
Details
- Phone
- 3129457893
- Website
- kidsfuturedaycarecenter.com
- Address
- 4848 N Sheridan Rd Unit 103
- License
- license issued (il)
- Ages
- six weeks through five years of age
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Sources and dates
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What it costs
- Sibling discount — Checked August 2026 · kidsfuturedaycarecenter.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.
A day here
- Meals, Hours, Schedule — Checked August 2026 · kidsfuturedaycarecenter.com
Policies
- When a child is sick — Checked August 2026 · kidsfuturedaycarecenter.com
- Enrollment — Checked August 2026 · kidsfuturedaycarecenter.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 · sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KIDS FUTURE DAY CARE CENTER" under Provider Name and 60640 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 577986).
- Website — Checked August 2026 · kidsfuturedaycarecenter.com
- Ages — Checked August 2026 · kidsfuturedaycarecenter.com