Chicago · Licensed center
Smart Learning Center Site C
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 66 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 all 5 of its licensing inspections since October 2015.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Sep 11, 20252 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)
Aug 6, 20246 citations
Napping and Sleeping
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)
Program Requirements for All Ages
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(f)(3)
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Transportation
Transportation
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(d)
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(c)
Program Requirements for All Ages
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(j)
Jul 28, 20221 citation
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Jul 11, 20175 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(p)(1)
Oct 15, 20152 citations
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
The state cited rules at all 5 of this center's inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 5 times had fewer: 53% of 127.
How all 127 Chicago-area centers inspected 5 times compare
Of the 127 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 56%
- 2 of 56%
- 3 of 512%
- 4 of 528%
- All 547%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- September 11, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since October 2015 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 11, 2025. 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 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · September 11, 2025
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 533455 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · August 6, 2024
Program Requirements for All Ages
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(f)(3) through (j) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(f)(3) · 407.200(j)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Transportation
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(d) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(c) · Violation corrected
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 533455 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 28, 2022
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 533455 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2017 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · July 11, 2017
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(p)(1) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 533455 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
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected on site
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 533455 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 523-8668
- Address
- 3165 S Archer Ave, Chicago, 60608
- Ownership
- For-profit
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Sources and dates
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
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 "SMART LEARNING CENTER SITE C" under Provider Name and 60608 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 533455).
- Website — Checked August 2026 smartlearningcenter.weebly.com
- 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 "SMART LEARNING CENTER SITE C" under Provider Name and 60608 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 533455).
- Ownership — Checked October 2026 data.cityofchicago.org
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.