Chicago · Licensed center
South East Asia Center Pre School
- Medium center, licensed for 64 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.
Who cares for your child
Ratio not published
Run-Hao Hu, 35 years in early childhood. Three other staff are named on their site, with no start years given.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 9 of 10 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, 2024
- On file
- 10 visits since March 2011 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 21, 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 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · June 5, 2024
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 155324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 13, 2023
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 155324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2021 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · May 13, 2021
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(m) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 155324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · May 14, 2019
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 155324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 17, 2018
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 155324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2017 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 5, 2017
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 155324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2016 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · May 19, 2016
Nutrition and Meal Service
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) through (p)(1) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) · 407.330(k)(5) · 407.330(l)(1) · 407.330(l)(2) · 407.330(p)(1)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 155324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2011 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · July 14, 2011
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)(4) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 155324 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2011 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 11, 2011
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (g) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(g)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 155324 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
- Website
- se-asiacenter.org
- Address
- 1124 W Ainslie
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
- Ages they serve
- infant through 12 year-olds
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Who cares for your child
- Staff se-asiacenter.org
State record
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SOUTH EAST ASIA CENTER PRE SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60640 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 155324).
- Website — Checked August 2026 se-asiacenter.org
- Ages they serve — Checked August 2026 se-asiacenter.org