Chicago · Licensed center
Stepping Stone Early Childhood Learning
A center in Chicago, licensed for 26 children. The state cited something at 14 of 15 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Small center. Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; 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: 14 of 15 cited something
Across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 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
- January 22, 2026
- On file
- 15 visits since February 2011 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was February 19, 2026. 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.
Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · January 22, 2026
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · 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 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 16, 2025
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · January 13, 2023
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (8) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(8)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 24, 2022
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 4, 2022
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · January 21, 2020
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)
Nutrition and Meal Service
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) through (l) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) · 407.330(l)
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140 · Violation corrected
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected on site
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(g)(2) · Violation corrected on site
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · November 22, 2019
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 24, 2019
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · February 19, 2019
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2017 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · May 16, 2017
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l) · Violation corrected on site
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation corrected on site
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2017 Monitoring visit 13 findings
Monitoring visit · January 25, 2017
General Requirements for Personnel
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (h) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(h)
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) through (c) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(b) · 407.120(c)
Hand Washing
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a) through (b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a) · 407.320(b)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2016 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 13, 2016
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2014 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · February 26, 2014
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(b)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2011 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · February 8, 2011
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)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) through (f)(19) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · 407.210(f)(19)
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
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7734930000
- Address
- 1300 E 75th St
- License
- license issued (il)
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All checked July 2026.
State record
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "STEPPING STONE EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 412108).