Chicago · Licensed center

Shining Star Child Development Institute

Medium center, licensed for 98 children.

What these mean, and where they come from

Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.

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

What the state has found

Routine visits: 5 of 5 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: June 5, 2023
On file: 5 visits since June 2015 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was June 9, 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.

Jun 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 5, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(i)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514799 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · January 23, 2023

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(b)

Organization and Administration

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

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Cited: FHSEC305

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514799 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · June 29, 2018

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(g) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(g) · 407.250(i)(1)(h)

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(g) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f) · Violation corrected on site

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514799 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2016 Monitoring visit 15 findings

Monitoring visit · August 23, 2016

Health Requirements for Children

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

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

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) through (b) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6) through (11) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6) · 407.370(e)(11)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(h) · Violation corrected on site

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f) · Violation corrected on site

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(m) · Violation corrected on site

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation corrected on site

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e) · Violation corrected on site

Cited: CCASEC4

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514799 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2015 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · June 29, 2015

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(a) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(a) · 407.250(i)(1)(b) · 407.250(i)(1)(c) · 407.250(i)(1)(h) · 407.250(i)(1)(i)

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514799 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).

Details

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Website: shiningstarcd.com
Address: 10540 S Ewing Ave
License: license issued (il)

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Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SHINING STAR CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE" under Provider Name and 60617 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 514799).
Website — Checked August 2026 shiningstarcd.com