Chicago · Licensed center
Raindrop Early Learning Center
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 41 children.
- Hours 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week, year round.
- 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 3 of its 6 licensing inspections since May 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Aug 20, 20267 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(j)
- Jan 26, 2026Nothing cited
- Nov 25, 2024Nothing cited
- May 23, 2023Nothing cited
May 15, 20234 citations
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(c)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(h)
May 13, 20221 citation
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 6 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 6 times had more: 82% of 139 had rules cited at 4 or more.
How all 139 Chicago-area centers inspected 6 times compare
Of the 139 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 62%
- 2 of 64%
- 3 of 612%This center
- 4 of 614%
- 5 of 631%
- All 637%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- August 20, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since May 2022 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 19, 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.
Aug 2026 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · August 20, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (d) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(d)
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)(3) · Violation substantiated
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(j) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 575771 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · May 15, 2023
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (c) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(c)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(h) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 575771 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 13, 2022
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 575771 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
A day here
7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week, year round
Meals and updates for parents
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack served daily
- Updates for parents
- Brightwheel parent portal (lesson plans, calendars, sign-in/out, payments)
Who cares for your child
Mrs. Williams (Owner / Executive Director) since 2013 and Ms. Taylor (Center Director) since 2018.
13 years · Chicago-area median 16, among 26 that publish
Policies
- When a child is sick
- Children/staff with major symptoms of illness may not remain at the daycare until no longer contagious
Details
- Phone
- (773) 913-2555
- Address
- 2050 E 93rd St, Chicago, 60617
- Established
- 2013
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Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
Who cares for your child
- Staff raindropelc.org
State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
A day here
- Meals, Updates for parents — Checked August 2026 raindropelc.org
- Hours — Checked August 2026 raindropelc.org
- Calendar — Checked August 2026 raindropelc.org
Policies
- When a child is sick — Checked August 2026 raindropelc.org
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "RAINDROP EARLY LEARNING CENTER" under Provider Name and 60617 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 575771).
- Website — Checked August 2026 raindropelc.org
- 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 "RAINDROP EARLY LEARNING CENTER" under Provider Name and 60617 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 575771).
- Ages they serve — Checked August 2026 raindropelc.org
- Established — Checked August 2026 raindropelc.org
- 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.