Chicago · Licensed center

Ravenswood Community Child Care Center

Small center, licensed for 45 children.

What these mean, and where they come from

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.

Who cares for your child

One adult for every three infants

Shortlist has not yet sourced this state’s legal ratio limit, so there is nothing to set this beside yet.

One adult for every four toddlers. Shortlist has not yet sourced this state’s legal ratio limit, so there is nothing to set this beside yet.

One adult for every six preschoolers. Shortlist has not yet sourced this state’s legal ratio limit, so there is nothing to set this beside yet.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, a typical day.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 8 of 8 cited something

Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine 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: August 28, 2023
On file: 8 visits since September 2010 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was October 31, 2023. 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 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 28, 2023

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 403684 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 16, 2021

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 403684 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2019 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · October 7, 2019

General Requirements for Personnel

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c) through (7) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c) · 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(7)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (4) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)

Animals

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.300(a) through (b) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.300(a) · 407.300(b)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation substantiated

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation substantiated

Cited: FHSEC305

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 403684 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2015 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · October 15, 2015

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)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 403684 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2014 Monitoring visit 17 findings

Monitoring visit · August 11, 2014

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

7 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(h) through (i)(2)(e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(h) · 407.250(i)(1) · 407.250(i)(1)(a) · 407.250(i)(1)(f) · 407.250(i)(2)(a) · 407.250(i)(2)(b) · 407.250(i)(2)(e)

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)

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

Outdoor Play Area

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i) through (l)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i) · 407.390(l)(1)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation corrected

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(11) · Violation corrected

Animals

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.300(f) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 403684 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2013 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · October 7, 2013

Organization and Administration

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) through (3) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) · 407.70(e)(2) · 407.70(e)(3)

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(6)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(g) · Violation substantiated

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(b) · Violation substantiated

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 403684 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2012 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · October 22, 2012

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(6)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4) · Violation corrected

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 403684 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2010 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 14, 2010

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (e)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(e)(1)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100 · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 403684 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).

Policies

Enrollment: children of parenting teens/graduates get first priority, up to 1/3 of enrollment; remaining slots open to the general community

Details

7732714495

Website: rc4cares.org
Address: 4908 N Damen Ave
License: license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

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Who cares for your child

Children per adult — Checked August 2026 rc4cares.org

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

Policies

Enrollment — Checked August 2026 rc4cares.org

Details

Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "RAVENSWOOD COMMUNITY CHILD CARE CENTER" under Provider Name and 60625 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 403684).
Website — Checked August 2026 rc4cares.org