Chicago · Licensed center

The Garden Of Heaven Childcare Academy

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

Denieke Howard - Purnell (Executive Director), 20 years in early childhood. One other staff is named on their site, with no start year 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: 3 of 3 cited something

Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits. Three visits are too few to read as a pattern.

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
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

Cited: 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.

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

8722443551

Website
thegardenofheaven.org
Address
7634 S Ashland Ave
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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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 "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