Chicago · Licensed center
Open Space Early Learning Center
A center in Chicago, licensed for 67 children. The state cited something at 7 of 9 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6).
Medium center. Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.
Who cares for your child
Ratio not published
Four staff are named on their site, with no start years given.
What it costs
Application fee $100.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, teaching approach.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 7 of 9 cited something
Across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 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 15, 2026
- On file
- 9 visits since August 2019 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 15, 2026. 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 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · May 15, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (6) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j)(1) · Violation substantiated
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(o) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 578987 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · June 13, 2022
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(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 578987 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · May 10, 2021
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 578987 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2020 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · July 23, 2020
Organization and Administration
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 407.70(e)(2) · 407.70(e)(3)
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)
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 578987 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2019 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · October 28, 2019
Organization and Administration
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) · 407.70(e)(2) · 407.70(e)(3)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 578987 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 19, 2019
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 578987 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 26, 2019
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 578987 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
A day here
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch, and snacks provided (catered, nut-free facility)
- Hours
- 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week
- Schedule
- Five Days, Three Days (MWF), or Two Days (TTH)
Policies
- Enrollment
- 24-hour window to accept/decline an offered spot before the next family is contacted; $100 non-refundable application fee required before wait-list placement; a deposit equal to one month's tuition is required after acceptance, non-refundable within 30 days of start date
Details
- Phone
- 7732937916
- Website
- openspaceschools.com
- Address
- 4846 N Clark St
- License
- license issued (il)
- Ages
- 6 weeks to 6 years
- Established
- 2019
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Sources and dates
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Who cares for your child
- Staff — openspaceschools.com
What it costs
- Application fee — Checked August 2026 · openspaceschools.com
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
A day here
- Meals — Checked August 2026 · openspaceschools.com
- Hours — Checked August 2026 · openspaceschools.com
- Schedule — Checked August 2026 · openspaceschools.com
Policies
- Enrollment — Checked August 2026 · openspaceschools.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 · sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "OPEN SPACE EARLY LEARNING CENTER" under Provider Name and 60640 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 578987).
- Website — Checked August 2026 · openspaceschools.com
- Ages — Checked August 2026 · openspaceschools.com
- Established — Checked August 2026 · openspaceschools.com