Chicago · Licensed center
The Garden Of Heaven Childcare Academy
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 76 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 3 of its licensing inspections since December 2020.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Dec 15, 20233 citations
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
Dec 13, 202211 citations
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)
Equipment and Materials
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(f)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Dec 17, 20207 citations
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(8)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(b)
Napping and Sleeping
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(d)(2)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(6)
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(2)
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h)
The state cited rules at all 3 of this center's inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 3 times had the same: 57% of 110.
How all 110 Chicago-area centers inspected 3 times compare
Of the 110 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None11%
- 1 of 38%
- 2 of 324%
- All 357%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- December 15, 2023
- On file
- 3 visits since December 2020 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 15, 2024. 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.
Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · December 15, 2023
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation substantiated
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation substantiated
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 584894 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 11 findings
Monitoring visit · December 13, 2022
Personnel Records
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (e)(5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(4) · 407.120(e)(5)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) through (11) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(11)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(f) · Violation corrected
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 584894 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2020 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · December 17, 2020
Nutrition and Meal Service
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(2) through (h) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(2) · 407.330(h)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(6) · Violation corrected
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(b) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Violation corrected
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(d)(2) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(8) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 584894 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Who cares for your child
Denieke Howard - Purnell (Executive Director), 20 years in early childhood.
Details
- Phone
- (872) 244-3551
- Address
- 7634 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, 60620
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Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
Who cares for your child
- Staff thegardenofheaven.org
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 "THE GARDEN OF HEAVEN CHILDCARE ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 584894).
- Website — Checked August 2026 thegardenofheaven.org
- 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 "THE GARDEN OF HEAVEN CHILDCARE ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 584894).
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.