Fox Lake · Licensed center
Learn & Grow Academy
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 98 children.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 6 of its 9 licensing inspections since June 2017.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Mar 16, 2026Nothing cited
Apr 3, 20251 citation
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
Apr 12, 20241 citation
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Mar 27, 20231 citation
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Aug 17, 20221 citation
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(j)
- Jul 15, 2022Nothing cited
- Oct 1, 2019Nothing cited
Aug 28, 20171 citation
Grouping and Staffing
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)
Jun 23, 20171 citation
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)
The state cited rules at 6 of this center's 9 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 9 times had more: 76% of 127 had rules cited at 7 or more.
How all 127 Chicago-area centers inspected 9 times compare
Of the 127 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 9 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 2 of 91%
- 3 of 92%
- 4 of 92%
- 5 of 92%
- 6 of 916%This center
- 7 of 921%
- 8 of 924%
- All 931%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- March 16, 2026
- On file
- 9 visits since June 2017 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 3, 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 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 3, 2025
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 557970 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 12, 2024
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557970 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 27, 2023
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557970 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 17, 2022
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(j) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557970 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 28, 2017
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557970 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · June 23, 2017
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557970 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (847) 886-2522
- Address
- 498 S Us Highway 12, Fox Lake, 60020
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Sources and dates
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LEARN & GROW ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60020 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 557970).
- Ages on the license — Checked November 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LEARN & GROW ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60020 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 557970).
Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.