Chicago · Licensed center

Young Scholars Academy Inc

Small center, licensed for 45 children.
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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.

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What the state has found

Routine visits: 5 of 5 cited something

Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits.

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: January 28, 2025
On file: 5 visits since February 2017 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was February 28, 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.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 28, 2025

Qualifications for Child Care Director

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(k) through (l)(1) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(k) · 407.130(l)(1)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)(3) · Violation substantiated

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546795 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 9, 2024

Background Checks for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546795 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 19, 2024

Organization and Administration

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546795 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2021 Monitoring visit 16 findings

Monitoring visit · February 11, 2021

General Requirements for Personnel

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(2) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(f) · 407.100(h)

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) through (1)(c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · 407.260(f)(1) · 407.260(f)(1)(a) · 407.260(f)(1)(b) · 407.260(f)(1)(c)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

Staffing Structure

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546795 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2017 Monitoring visit 15 findings

Monitoring visit · February 7, 2017

Health Requirements for Children

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) · 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5)

Organization and Administration

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) through (l) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 407.70(f) · 407.70(l)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)(3)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f) through (n) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f) · 407.370(n)

Personnel Records

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546795 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

7732382240

Address: 10926 S Western Ave
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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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 "YOUNG SCHOLARS ACADEMY INC" under Provider Name and 60643 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 546795).