Crest Hill · Licensed center
Little Learner Children's Academy
A center in Crest Hill, licensed for 147 children. The state cited something at 8 of 10 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Large center. Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.
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: 8 of 10 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 29, 2025
- On file
- 10 visits since April 2018 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 25, 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.
Jun 2024 Monitoring visit 13 findings
Monitoring visit · June 25, 2024
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) through (f)(2) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) · 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(f)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) through (d) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(d)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (c) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(c)
Grouping and Staffing
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d) through (3) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d) · 407.190(d)(3)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation substantiated
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5) · Violation substantiated
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation substantiated
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 559501 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 15 findings
Monitoring visit · July 14, 2023
Personnel Records
6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (e)(4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(5) · 407.120(b) · 407.120(e)(2) · 407.120(e)(4)
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (d) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(d)
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(m) · Violation corrected
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(e)(1) · 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 559501 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · September 21, 2022
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)(1) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(h) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 559501 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2022 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · July 22, 2022
Personnel Records
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (b) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(b)
Staffing Structure
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(3) through (d)(1) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(3) · 407.90(d)(1)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected on site
Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation corrected
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 559501 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · June 14, 2022
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 559501 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2021 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · May 19, 2021
Personnel Records
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (f)(2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(e)(1) · 407.120(e)(5) · 407.120(f)(2)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 559501 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2019 Monitoring visit 18 findings
Monitoring visit · June 11, 2019
Personnel Records
6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (b) · 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)(6) · 407.120(b)
General Requirements for Personnel
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (7) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(2) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7)
Health Requirements for Children
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · 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 559501 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · April 19, 2018
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(b) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 559501 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 8158386799
- Address
- 20611 W Renwick Rd
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
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Sources and dates
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All checked August 2026.
State record
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LITTLE LEARNER CHILDREN'S ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60403 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 559501).