Evanston · Licensed center

A Step By Step Learning Academy Inc

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 3 of its 5 licensing inspections since April 2018.

Of the 130 Chicago-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 13% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this center did. 45% had rules cited at all 5.

Licensing inspections

Jul 10, 2024No rules cited
Jun 20, 2024No rules cited
Apr 25, 202314 citations

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(5)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)

10 more from this inspection

  • Hand Washing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(3)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)(1)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

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

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.

Mar 9, 20211 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Apr 10, 20181 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
July 10, 2024
On file
5 visits since April 2018 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was May 25, 2023. 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.

Jul 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jun 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 14 findings

Monitoring visit · April 25, 2023

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4) through (j)(1) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4) · 407.370(f)(2) · 407.370(j)(1)

Health Requirements for Children

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(d)

Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(5) · Violation corrected

Hand Washing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(3) · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

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

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

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 548258 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 9, 2021

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 548258 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 10, 2018

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 548258 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

8477337837

Address
1909 Howard St
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked August 2026.

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 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 STEP BY STEP LEARNING ACADEMY INC" under Provider Name and 60202 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 548258).

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.