Zion · Licensed center

A Solid Foundation

Medium center, licensed for 105 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 16 licensing inspections since May 2016.

Of the 859 Chicago-area centers with 10 or more licensing inspections, 78% had rules cited at some but not all of them, as this center did. 22% had rules cited at all of them.

Licensing inspections

Apr 9, 20263 citations

Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f)
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)

Feb 26, 2026No rules cited

Mar 20, 2025No rules cited

Sep 25, 2024No rules cited

Feb 15, 20241 citation

Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(b)

Aug 1, 2023No rules cited

Mar 6, 2023No rules cited

Feb 9, 2022No rules cited

Oct 8, 20211 citation

Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j)

Apr 23, 2021No rules cited

Mar 9, 20201 citation

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Oct 25, 2019No rules cited

Mar 22, 20192 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Jun 6, 2018No rules cited

Oct 27, 2016No rules cited

May 16, 20169 citations

Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Students and Youth Aides
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.160(a)(3)
Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(k)

5 more from this inspection

Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)
Students and Youth Aides
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.160(a)(2)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(g)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(10)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(11)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: April 9, 2026
On file: 16 visits since May 2016 — 10 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was May 30, 2026. 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.

Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · April 9, 2026

Outdoor Play Area

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f) through (l)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f) · 407.390(l)(2)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 524082 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Mar 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Sep 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 15, 2024

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 524082 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Mar 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Feb 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Oct 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · October 8, 2021

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 524082 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Mar 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 9, 2020

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 524082 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2019 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 22, 2019

General Requirements for Personnel

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 524082 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Oct 2016 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

May 2016 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · May 16, 2016

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(10) through (11) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(10) · 407.100(a)(11)

Students and Youth Aides

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.160(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.160(a)(2) · 407.160(a)(3)

Guidance and Discipline

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) through (g) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · 407.270(g)

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(k) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 524082 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

Details

2243064945

Address: 4527 Il Route 173 Ste 108
License: license issued (il)

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All checked August 2026.

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 2026.

Details

Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "A SOLID FOUNDATION" under Provider Name and 60099 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 524082).

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.