Chicago · Licensed center
Onward Neighborhood House
- Large center, licensed for 144 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 7 of 8 cited something
Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- April 16, 2024
- On file
- 8 visits since May 2012 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 23, 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 2 findings
Monitoring visit · April 16, 2024
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(1)(c) through (3) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(1)(c) · 407.370(e)(3)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 476618 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2022 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · June 13, 2022
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) through (r) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(6) · 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(r)
Equipment and Materials
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(h) through (j) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(h) · 407.380(j)
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 476618 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 10, 2021
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 476618 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · June 3, 2019
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation substantiated
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 476618 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2018 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · May 7, 2018
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) · 407.250(i)(2)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(b) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · 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 476618 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2018 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · February 21, 2018
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) through (2) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) · 407.250(i)(2)
Equipment and Materials
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) through (5) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) · 407.380(j)(5)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation substantiated
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 476618 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2012 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · May 18, 2012
Personnel Records
6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(5) · 407.120(a)(6)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 476618 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).
Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Website
- onwardhouse.org
- Address
- 5423 W Diversey Ave
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "ONWARD NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE" under Provider Name and 60639 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 476618).
- Website — Checked August 2026 onwardhouse.org
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 projects.propublica.org
Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.