Ingleside · Licensed center
Serendipity Child Care Center Incorporat
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 42 children.
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 7 licensing inspections since June 2014.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Sep 10, 2026Nothing cited
- Mar 4, 2025Nothing cited
- Apr 1, 2024Nothing cited
- Mar 4, 2022Nothing cited
Mar 19, 20182 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
Apr 7, 20173 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(2)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Jun 13, 20142 citations
Grouping and Staffing
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(i)
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 7 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 7 times had more: 94% of 149 had rules cited at 4 or more.
How all 149 Chicago-area centers inspected 7 times compare
Of the 149 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 2 of 71%
- 3 of 75%This center
- 4 of 714%
- 5 of 714%
- 6 of 726%
- All 740%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- September 10, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since June 2014 — 4 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 18, 2018. 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.
Mar 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 19, 2018
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 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 528359 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2017 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · April 7, 2017
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(2) · Violation corrected on site
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 528359 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2014 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 13, 2014
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(2) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(i) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 528359 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (847) 973-9148
- Address
- 35274 N Us Highway 12, Ingleside, 60041
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies, and who owns it. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
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.
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 "SERENDIPITY CHILD CARE CENTER INCORPORAT" under Provider Name and 60041 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 528359).
- 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 "SERENDIPITY CHILD CARE CENTER INCORPORAT" under Provider Name and 60041 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 528359).
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.