Chicago · Licensed center
Northwestern University Settlement
At a glance
- Large center, licensed for 200 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 6 of its licensing inspections since March 2013.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Dec 14, 20232 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
Jan 8, 20191 citation
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Jan 30, 20181 citation
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
Jan 23, 20162 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)
Jan 23, 20152 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Mar 22, 20134 citations
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)
The state cited rules at all 6 of this center's inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 6 times had fewer: 63% of 139.
How all 139 Chicago-area centers inspected 6 times compare
Of the 139 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 62%
- 2 of 64%
- 3 of 612%
- 4 of 614%
- 5 of 631%
- All 637%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- December 14, 2023
- On file
- 6 visits since March 2013 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 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.
Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · December 14, 2023
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · 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 501718 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 8, 2019
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501718 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 30, 2018
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501718 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · January 23, 2016
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 501718 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2015 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · January 23, 2015
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501718 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2013 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · March 22, 2013
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501718 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 969-5583
- Address
- 1424 N Cleaver St, Chicago, 60642
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT" under Provider Name and 60642 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 501718).
- 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" under Provider Name and 60642 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 501718).
Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.