Carol Stream · Licensed center
Stepping Stones Early Childhood Center
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 52 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 3 of its 11 licensing inspections since December 2020.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Mar 6, 2026Nothing cited
Feb 5, 20251 citation
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
- Feb 2, 2024Nothing cited
- Oct 27, 2023Nothing cited
- Apr 27, 2023Nothing cited
- Dec 21, 2022Nothing cited
- Nov 28, 2022Nothing cited
Apr 29, 20224 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(4)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(10)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(1)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(2)
Dec 21, 20215 citations
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(h)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
- Oct 14, 2021Nothing cited
- Dec 3, 2020Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 11 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 10 or more times had rules cited at some but not all of theirs, as this center did: 78% of 868.
How all 868 Chicago-area centers inspected 10 or more times compare
Of the 868 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 10 or more times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- Some78%This center
- All22%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- March 6, 2026
- On file
- 11 visits since December 2020 — 8 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 7, 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.
Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 5, 2025
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2022 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · April 29, 2022
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(4) through (10) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(4) · 407.100(a)(10)
Guidance and Discipline
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(1) · 407.270(c)(2)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2021 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · December 21, 2021
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(h) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (630) 682-3598
- Address
- 925 E Geneva Rd, Carol Stream, 60188
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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 "STEPPING STONES EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER" under Provider Name and 60188 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 582645).
- 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 "STEPPING STONES EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER" under Provider Name and 60188 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 582645).
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.