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At a glance

  • Large center, licensed for 125 children.

What to know

License: 6 weeks to 6 years (state).

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 2 of its 4 licensing inspections since July 2018.

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Licensing inspections

  • Aug 3, 20222 citations
    • Personnel Records

      • Personnel Records

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(2)

    • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

      • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)

  • Oct 16, 2020Nothing cited
  • Feb 4, 2019Nothing cited
  • Jul 26, 20182 citations
    • Grouping and Staffing

      • Grouping and Staffing

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f)

    • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

      • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 4 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times had more: 81% of 117 had rules cited at 3 or more.

How all 117 Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times compare

Of the 117 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None2%
  • 1 of 44%
  • 2 of 413%This center
  • 3 of 422%
  • All 459%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 3, 2022
On file
4 visits since July 2018 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 2, 2022. 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.

Aug 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 3, 2022

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(2) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 560866 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2020 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2019 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jul 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 26, 2018

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 560866 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

What staff are paid

Lead Teacher
$18 to $22 an hourJob posting, September 2026

Details

Phone
(773) 754-7984
Address
4110 W Peterson Ave, Chicago, 60646

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What staff are paid

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE" under Provider Name and 60646 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 560866).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE" under Provider Name and 60646 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 560866).
  • 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 LEARNING EXPERIENCE" under Provider Name and 60646 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 560866).

Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.

The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.

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