Chicago · Licensed center

Northshore Academy For Children

Small center, licensed for 24 children.
Shortlist has found no website for it yet.

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: 7 of 7 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: September 13, 2024
On file: 7 visits since July 2011 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was October 13, 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 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 13, 2024

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 044434 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 7, 2021

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) through (r)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · 407.370(r)(2)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 044434 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 24, 2018

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 044434 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 27, 2016

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 044434 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2015 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · June 29, 2015

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 044434 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2013 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · June 17, 2013

Personnel Records

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · 407.120(b)

Equipment and Materials

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(h) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(h) · 407.380(j)(5)

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 044434 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2011 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 12, 2011

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation substantiated

Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 044434 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

7737434744

Address: 1754 W Devon Ave # 56
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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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 "NORTHSHORE ACADEMY FOR CHILDREN" under Provider Name and 60660 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 044434).