Naperville · Licensed center
The Children's Center Of Celebration
A center in Naperville, licensed for 125 children. The state cited something at 11 of 12 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Large center. Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.
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: 11 of 12 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
- March 23, 2026
- On file
- 12 visits since April 2010 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 10, 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.
Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · March 23, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · Rule cited again
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again
Cited: CCASEC7
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 294971 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 15, 2025
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 294971 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · May 3, 2022
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Rule cited again
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 294971 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2017 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · April 3, 2017
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(4)
Substitutes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.170(b) · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 294971 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2016 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · April 21, 2016
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Rule cited again
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · Violation corrected on site
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected on site
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 294971 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2015 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · April 21, 2015
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 294971 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2014 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · April 9, 2014
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) through (7) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) · 407.310(a)(7)
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(m) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(h) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 294971 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2013 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 11, 2013
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 294971 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2012 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · May 9, 2012
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Rule cited again
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Rule cited again
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 294971 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2011 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · March 23, 2011
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(4)
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(1) · Violation corrected
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 294971 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2010 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · April 27, 2010
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · 407.370(f)(3)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 294971 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 6302814300
- Address
- 919 S Washington St
- License
- license issued (il)
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All checked August 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 "THE CHILDREN'S CENTER OF CELEBRATION" under Provider Name and 60540 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 294971).