Chicago · Licensed center
Pathways To Learning Child Care Center
A center in Chicago, licensed for 20 children. The state cited something at 8 of 8 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6).
Small center. 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: 8 of 8 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
- April 23, 2025
- On file
- 8 visits since February 2013 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 23, 2025. 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 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 23, 2025
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 472727 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · January 3, 2024
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(5) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 472727 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · December 5, 2022
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (7) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(7)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(4)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(1) · Violation substantiated
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation substantiated
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 472727 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · January 19, 2022
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · 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 472727 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · February 11, 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 472727 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2018 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · February 15, 2018
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(1) through (o)(2) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(1) · 407.370(e)(5) · 407.370(o)(2)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) through (b) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · 407.120(b)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · Violation substantiated
Hand Washing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(b)(1) · Violation corrected on site
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 472727 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2016 Monitoring visit 13 findings
Monitoring visit · April 12, 2016
Personnel Records
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (e)(5) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(b) · 407.120(c) · 407.120(e)(4) · 407.120(e)(5)
Grouping and Staffing
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(e) through (1) · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(e) · 407.190(e)(1)
Napping and Sleeping
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(4) through (j) · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(4) · 407.350(j)
Medications
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(2) through (d)(2) · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(2) · 407.360(d)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) through (f)(2) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(f)(2)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 472727 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2013 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · February 21, 2013
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(b)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected on site
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h) · Violation corrected on site
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d) · Violation corrected
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i) · Violation corrected on site
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 472727 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7734365439
- Address
- 3438 W 79th St
- License
- license issued (il)
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 · sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "PATHWAYS TO LEARNING CHILD CARE CENTER" under Provider Name and 60652 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 472727).
- Website — Checked August 2026 · pathwaystolearningchicago.org