Arlington Heights · Licensed center
Shepherds Flock
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 71 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 2 of its 3 licensing inspections since September 2010.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Sep 12, 2025Nothing cited
Sep 29, 20117 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(f)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)
Medications
Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(a)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(n)(2)
Equipment and Materials
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g)(1)
Sep 28, 20105 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)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210
Medications
Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)
The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 3 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 3 times had more: 57% of 110 had rules cited at all 3.
How all 110 Chicago-area centers inspected 3 times compare
Of the 110 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None11%
- 1 of 38%
- 2 of 324%This center
- All 357%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- September 12, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since September 2010 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Correction was due October 31, 2011. 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.
Sep 2011 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · September 29, 2011
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(f)
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(d) · Violation substantiated
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(a) · Violation substantiated
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(n)(2) · Violation substantiated
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g)(1) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 308855 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2010 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · September 28, 2010
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(2) · 407.100(f)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210 · Violation corrected
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 308855 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (847) 368-7391
- Address
- 800 West Oakton Street, Arlington Heights, 60004
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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 "SHEPHERDS FLOCK" under Provider Name and 60004 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 308855).
- 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 "SHEPHERDS FLOCK" under Provider Name and 60004 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 308855).
Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; 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.