Chicago · Licensed center

Best Start Daycare Center

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 8 of its 9 licensing inspections since September 2014.

Of the 122 Chicago-area centers with 9 licensing inspections, 24% had rules cited at 8 of them, as this center did. 34% had rules cited at all 9.

Licensing inspections

Aug 21, 2025No rules cited
Sep 10, 202411 citations

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(a)(1)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1)

7 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(2)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

Jul 13, 20231 citation

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

Sep 10, 20212 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Sep 10, 20201 citation

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Sep 27, 201817 citations

  • Medications

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b)

13 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(f)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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

Sep 8, 20177 citations

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(4)

3 more from this inspection

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

Sep 6, 20168 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(b)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

4 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

Sep 19, 20141 citation

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 21, 2025
On file
9 visits since September 2014 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was October 10, 2024. 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.

Aug 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · September 10, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(2) through (i) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(2) · 407.100(f) · 407.100(i)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) · Violation corrected on site

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected on site

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1) · Violation corrected

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(a)(1) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 259639 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 13, 2023

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 259639 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · September 10, 2021

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 259639 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 10, 2020

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 259639 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2018 Monitoring visit 17 findings

Monitoring visit · September 27, 2018

General Requirements for Personnel

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(f)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(f) through (i)(4) · Violation corrected

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected on site

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) · Violation corrected

Medications

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

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

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 259639 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2017 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · September 8, 2017

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) through (f) · Violation corrected

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 259639 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2016 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · September 6, 2016

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)

Personnel Records

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

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

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(b) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · 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 259639 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2014 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 19, 2014

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 259639 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

7732339420

Address
1352 W. 99th Street
License
license issued (il)

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All checked July 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 "BEST START DAYCARE CENTER" under Provider Name and 60643 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 259639).

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.