Evergreen Pk · Licensed center
Little Shepherd Preschool
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 28 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 all 7 of its licensing inspections since March 2012.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Nov 20, 20256 citations
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Program Requirements for All Ages
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)
Outdoor Play Area
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.
Nov 19, 20241 citation
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Dec 14, 20227 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3)
Oct 27, 20212 citations
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
Dec 19, 20128 citations
Staffing Structure
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)(1)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c)
Medications
Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(4)
Medications
Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(d)(2)
Medications
Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(d)(4)
Apr 19, 20121 citation
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)
Mar 22, 20124 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(4)(a)
The state cited rules at all 7 of this center's inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 7 times had fewer: 60% of 149.
How all 149 Chicago-area centers inspected 7 times compare
Of the 149 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 2 of 71%
- 3 of 75%
- 4 of 714%
- 5 of 714%
- 6 of 726%
- All 740%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- November 20, 2025
- On file
- 7 visits since March 2012 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 20, 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.
Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · November 20, 2025
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d) · Violation corrected
Outdoor Play Area
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509532 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · November 19, 2024
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509532 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · December 14, 2022
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (8) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(8)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation substantiated
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation substantiated
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d) · Violation substantiated
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509532 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · October 27, 2021
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · 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 509532 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2012 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · December 19, 2012
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)
Medications
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(4) through (d)(4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(4) · 407.360(d)(2) · 407.360(d)(4)
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)(1) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509532 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2012 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 19, 2012
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509532 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2012 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · March 22, 2012
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(4)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(4)(a) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509532 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (708) 636-3640
- Address
- 9220 S Kedzie Ave, Evergreen Pk, 60805
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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 — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LITTLE SHEPHERD PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60805 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 509532).
- License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LITTLE SHEPHERD PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60805 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 509532).
- 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 "LITTLE SHEPHERD PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60805 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 509532).
Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; 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.