Batavia · Licensed center
Mill Creek Early Childhood Program
A center in Batavia, licensed for 58 children. The state cited something at 9 of 11 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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: 9 of 11 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 15, 2026
- On file
- 11 visits since November 2019 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 20, 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.
Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · September 20, 2024
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576508 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · June 24, 2024
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k)(1) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC8
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576508 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 28, 2022
General Requirements for Personnel
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(1) through (10) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(1) · 407.100(a)(3) · 407.100(a)(4) · 407.100(a)(10)
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576508 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 14, 2022
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(5) through (8) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(5) · 407.370(e)(8)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576508 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · February 23, 2022
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(b) through (i)(2)(a) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(b) · 407.250(i)(2)(a)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576508 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2021 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · December 1, 2021
Program Requirements for All Ages
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d) through (e) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d) · 407.200(e)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576508 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2021 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · August 26, 2021
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576508 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · September 24, 2020
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(1) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576508 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2019 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · November 15, 2019
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation corrected
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576508 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 6303267519
- Address
- 510 S Batavia Ave
- License
- license issued (il)
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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 "MILL CREEK EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM" under Provider Name and 60510 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 576508).