Chicago · Licensed center
Little Einsteins After-School Center
A center in Chicago, licensed for 57 children. The state cited something at 5 of 5 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.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 5 of 5 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 1, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since August 2022 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 1, 2026. 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 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 1, 2026
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599489 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · September 23, 2025
Equipment and Materials
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(d) through (h) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(d) · 407.380(j)(4)(h)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599489 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2024 Monitoring visit 16 findings
Monitoring visit · July 25, 2024
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (e) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(2) · 407.100(e)
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) through (d) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(b) · 407.120(d)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(4) through (r)(3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(4) · 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(r)(3)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation corrected
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(k) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for School-Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(i) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c) · Violation corrected
Transportation
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(s) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599489 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · June 9, 2023
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (e) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(e)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599489 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 3, 2022
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599489 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7735920226
- Website
- littleeinsteinsasc.com
- Address
- 1125 W 31st St Fl 1st
- License
- license issued (il)
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Sources and dates
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All checked July 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 "LITTLE EINSTEINS AFTER-SCHOOL CENTER" under Provider Name and 60608 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 599489).
- Website — littleeinsteinsasc.com