Oak Forest · Licensed center
Learning 4 The Future Childcare Center
A center in Oak Forest. The state cited something at 5 of 6 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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What the state has found
Routine visits: 5 of 6 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
- July 14, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since September 2022 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 8, 2024. 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.
Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · August 9, 2024
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 608848 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · August 2, 2023
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 608848 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · December 20, 2022
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation corrected on site
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected on site
Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation corrected on site
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 608848 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · November 28, 2022
Napping and Sleeping
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) through (i) · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) · 407.350(i)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)(7) · Violation corrected on site
Hand Washing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(e) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 608848 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · September 30, 2022
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4) through (j)(1) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4) · 407.370(j)(1)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f) · Violation corrected on site
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 608848 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7082639206
- Address
- 5488 159th St # 5496
- License
- license issued (il)
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Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
All checked August 2026.
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 — sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LEARNING 4 THE FUTURE CHILDCARE CENTER" under Provider Name and 60452 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 608848).