Chicago · Licensed center
Northwestern University Settlement Assn.
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 96 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
From their website, read August 2026:
“9:1 Student-to-adult ratio, ensuring each child receives the individual attention and support they need to succeed.”
The state’s rule
Illinois sets the most children one adult may care for by age, and the largest group size, in 23 Ill. Adm. Code 2008.190(a).
Infants (6 weeks through 14 months): one adult for every four.
Toddlers (15 through 23 months): one adult for every five.
Two-year-olds: one adult for every eight.
Three-year-olds: one adult for every ten.
Four-year-olds: one adult for every ten.
Five-year-olds (preschool): one adult for every twenty.
School-age children, kindergartners present: one adult for every twenty.
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 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since April 2013.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Apr 22, 20244 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Apr 20, 20237 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
- Jan 29, 2019Nothing cited
Sep 21, 20182 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Apr 25, 20171 citation
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
May 27, 20152 citations
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
Apr 19, 20131 citation
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(d)
The state cited rules at 6 of this center's 7 inspections. Chicago-area centers inspected 7 times split three ways: 34% had fewer, 26% the same, and 40% more (149 centers).
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%This center
- All 740%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- April 22, 2024
- On file
- 7 visits since April 2013 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 22, 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.
Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · April 22, 2024
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 100677 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · April 20, 2023
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected on site
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 100677 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · September 21, 2018
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 100677 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 25, 2017
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 100677 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2015 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · May 27, 2015
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · 407.370(f)(3)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 100677 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2013 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 19, 2013
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 100677 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
A day here
- Meals
- Breakfast served during Before Care; snack at start of After School; breakfast, lunch, and snacks provided on full-day (non-school day) programming
Calendar
- Calendar
- Year round
Policies
- Enrollment
- 12-month program, rolling enrollment based on availability; monthly copayment set by income and family size; scholar must be enrolled at Rowe Elementary, ages 5-12, and meet IDHS/AFC income qualifications
Details
- Phone
- (773) 278-7471
- Address
- 1400 W Augusta Blvd, Chicago, 60622
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Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
Children per adult
- Children per adult — Checked August 2026 northwesternsettlement.org
State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
A day here
- Meals, Calendar — Checked August 2026 northwesternsettlement.org
Policies
- Enrollment — Checked August 2026 northwesternsettlement.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT ASSN." under Provider Name and 60622 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 100677).
- Website — Checked August 2026 northwesternsettlement.org
- 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 "NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT ASSN." under Provider Name and 60622 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 100677).
- Ages they serve — Checked August 2026 northwesternsettlement.org
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 projects.propublica.org
Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; 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.