Chicago · Licensed center

University Kids Early Learning Ctr Inc

Small center, licensed for 42 children.
Shortlist has found no website for it yet.

What these mean, and where they come from

Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.

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: 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 10, 2024
On file: 3 visits since November 2021 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was January 10, 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.

Dec 2024 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · December 10, 2024

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) through (t)(2) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) · 407.370(f)(1) · 407.370(t)(2)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation substantiated

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7) · Violation corrected on site

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d) · Violation substantiated

Cited: FHSEC305

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 581603 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · May 21, 2024

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 581603 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2021 Monitoring visit 16 findings

Monitoring visit · November 29, 2021

Personnel Records

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (b) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(5) · 407.120(b)

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (7) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(7)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) through (4)(a) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation substantiated

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(1) · Violation substantiated

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(2) · Violation substantiated

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(b) · Violation substantiated

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 581603 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

7733638564

Address: 6420 S Cottage Grove Ave # 22
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked July 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 "UNIVERSITY KIDS EARLY LEARNING CTR INC" under Provider Name and 60637 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 581603).