Evanston · Licensed center
Puerta Abierta Preschool
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 46 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
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 9 of its licensing inspections since September 2010.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Dec 20, 20234 citations
Program Requirements for All Ages
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(h)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(i)
Sep 19, 20226 citations
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)(1)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)(2)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Sep 21, 20213 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)(2)(c)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Sep 11, 20183 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Jun 9, 20163 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Sep 15, 20144 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Equipment and Materials
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a)
Oct 17, 20123 citations
Equipment and Materials
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(d)
Equipment and Materials
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)(a)
Equipment and Materials
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)(b)
Mar 8, 20111 citation
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Sep 16, 20106 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
Outdoor Play Area
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(1)(a)
Outdoor Play Area
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(1)(b)
Outdoor Play Area
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(2)
The state cited rules at all 9 of this center's inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 9 times had fewer: 69% of 127.
How all 127 Chicago-area centers inspected 9 times compare
Of the 127 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 9 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 2 of 91%
- 3 of 92%
- 4 of 92%
- 5 of 92%
- 6 of 916%
- 7 of 921%
- 8 of 924%
- All 931%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- December 20, 2023
- On file
- 9 visits since September 2010 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 20, 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 4 findings
Monitoring visit · December 20, 2023
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(h) through (i) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(h) · 407.310(i)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · Violation corrected
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 391046 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · September 19, 2022
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)(1) · 407.370(p)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 391046 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2021 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · September 21, 2021
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)(2)(c) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 391046 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · September 11, 2018
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 391046 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2016 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · June 9, 2016
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 391046 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2014 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · September 15, 2014
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 391046 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2012 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · October 17, 2012
Equipment and Materials
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(d) through (5)(b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(d) · 407.380(j)(5)(a) · 407.380(j)(5)(b)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 391046 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2011 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 8, 2011
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 391046 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2010 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · September 16, 2010
Outdoor Play Area
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(1)(a) through (2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(1)(a) · 407.390(i)(1)(b) · 407.390(i)(2)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 391046 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (847) 328-1491
- Address
- 933 Chicago Ave, Evanston, 60202
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Sources and dates
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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 "PUERTA ABIERTA PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60202 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 391046).
- 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 "PUERTA ABIERTA PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60202 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 391046).
- Who runs it — Checked November 2026 projects.propublica.org
Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.