Chicago · Licensed center

New Concept School

Small center, licensed for 36 children.

What these mean, and where they come from

Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; 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: 11 of 11 cited something

Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine 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: May 16, 2025
On file: 11 visits since April 2011 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was June 16, 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.

May 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · May 16, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected

Cited: CCASEC4

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015151 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 14, 2024

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(b) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(7) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)(1) · Violation corrected

Cited: CCASEC4

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015151 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2023 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · March 13, 2023

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (4) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation substantiated

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(m) · Violation substantiated

Volunteers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.180(a) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015151 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 1, 2019

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015151 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2017 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · May 5, 2017

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 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 015151 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2016 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 13, 2016

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015151 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2015 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · March 24, 2015

Health Requirements for Children

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)

Organization and Administration

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) through (k) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · 407.70(k)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(b) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015151 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2014 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · April 23, 2014

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)

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015151 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2013 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · June 28, 2013

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) · Violation corrected

Substitutes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.170(a) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d) · Violation corrected

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)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015151 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2013 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · May 30, 2013

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(n) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation corrected

Hand Washing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(8) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 015151 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2011 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · April 19, 2011

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) through (7) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) · 407.310(a)(7)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(2) · 407.370(e)(3)

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected

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 015151 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).

Details

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Website: ipeclc.org
Address: 7825 S. Ellis
License: license issued (il)

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Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "NEW CONCEPT SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 015151).
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