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Acarath Montessori Center

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 9 of its licensing inspections since March 2016.

Of the 122 Chicago-area centers with 9 licensing inspections, 34% had rules cited at all 9, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Mar 3, 20265 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)

  • Personnel Records

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

1 more from this inspection

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

May 14, 20251 citation

  • Swimming and Wading

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.290(f)

May 19, 20231 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Feb 22, 20223 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Animals

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.300(f)

Sep 23, 20203 citations

  • Swimming and Wading

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.290(b)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

May 22, 20196 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)

2 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

Apr 4, 20183 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)

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

May 2, 20172 citations

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

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

Mar 22, 20162 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
March 3, 2026
On file
9 visits since March 2016 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was April 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.

Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · March 3, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4) · 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 541047 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 14, 2025

Swimming and Wading

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.290(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 541047 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 19, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 541047 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 22, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (f) · Violation corrected

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

Animals

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.300(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 541047 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2020 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 23, 2020

General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

Swimming and Wading

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.290(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 541047 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2019 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · May 22, 2019

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(f)

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 541047 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · April 4, 2018

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · 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 541047 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2017 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · May 2, 2017

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · 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 541047 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 22, 2016

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 541047 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.

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Address
110 W Hillcrest Blvd
License
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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 "ACARATH MONTESSORI CENTER" under Provider Name and 60195 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 541047).

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