Chicago · Licensed center
Phase I Early Childcare Center, Inc
A center in Chicago, licensed for 41 children. The state cited something at 7 of 8 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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: 7 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
- June 27, 2025
- On file
- 8 visits since February 2018 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 27, 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.
Jun 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · June 27, 2025
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation substantiated
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557571 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2024 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · June 21, 2024
Personnel Records
8 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (e)(5) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(6) · 407.120(c) · 407.120(e)(2) · 407.120(e)(5)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(7) · Violation substantiated
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation substantiated
Outdoor Play Area
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(k) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557571 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 19 findings
Monitoring visit · March 24, 2022
General Requirements for Personnel
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) through (e)(1) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(1)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10) through (f)(3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10) · 407.370(f)(1) · 407.370(f)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) through (4)(a) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(d) · Violation corrected
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(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 557571 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2021 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · June 10, 2021
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · Violation substantiated
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation substantiated
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation substantiated
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557571 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2019 Monitoring visit 23 findings
Monitoring visit · May 17, 2019
Personnel Records
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) through (b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(b)
General Requirements for Personnel
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (7) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7)
Health Requirements for Children
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)
Staffing Structure
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(3) through (5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(3) · 407.90(a)(5)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation corrected
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(1) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557571 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 16 findings
Monitoring visit · June 13, 2018
General Requirements for Personnel
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (5) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) through (4) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) · 407.310(a)(4)
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation substantiated
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f) · Violation substantiated
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · Violation substantiated
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation substantiated
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) · Violation substantiated
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(4) · Violation substantiated
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557571 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · February 20, 2018
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557571 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7735688058
- Address
- 555 W 115th St
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
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All checked July 2026.
State record
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "PHASE I EARLY CHILDCARE CENTER, INC" under Provider Name and 60628 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 557571).