Joliet · Licensed center
The Gray Academy Inc.
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 63 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 4 of its 5 licensing inspections since February 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- May 12, 2026Nothing cited
Sep 26, 20252 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)
Nov 10, 20224 citations
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(16)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(19)
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(a)
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h)
Nov 3, 202216 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(1)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(2)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(5)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(f)(2)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(1)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(d)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(1)
Outdoor Play Area
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(10)
Feb 9, 20225 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Staffing Structure
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)
Staffing Structure
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1)
Grouping and Staffing
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)
The state cited rules at 4 of this center's 5 inspections. Chicago-area centers inspected 5 times split: about a quarter had fewer, about a quarter the same, and about half more (127 centers).
How all 127 Chicago-area centers inspected 5 times compare
Of the 127 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 56%
- 2 of 56%
- 3 of 512%
- 4 of 528%This center
- All 547%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- May 12, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since February 2022 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 26, 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.
Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · September 26, 2025
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 603672 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · November 10, 2022
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(16) through (19) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(16) · 407.210(f)(19)
Nutrition and Meal Service
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(a) through (h) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(a) · 407.330(h)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 603672 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 16 findings
Monitoring visit · November 3, 2022
Personnel Records
10 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) through (f)(2) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(6) · 407.120(e)(1) · 407.120(e)(2) · 407.120(e)(4) · 407.120(e)(5) · 407.120(f)(2)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c) through (d) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c) · 407.210(c)(1) · 407.210(d)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d) through (1) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d) · 407.370(d)(1)
Outdoor Play Area
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(10) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 603672 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · February 9, 2022
Staffing Structure
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a) through (b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a) · 407.90(b)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 603672 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (779) 456-4729
- Address
- 1100 Plainfield Rd Ste 4, Joliet, 60435
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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 "THE GRAY ACADEMY INC." under Provider Name and 60435 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 603672).
- 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 GRAY ACADEMY INC." under Provider Name and 60435 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 603672).
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.