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Cadence Academy Preschool

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 9 of its 10 licensing inspections since October 2017.

Of the 860 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

Sep 25, 20251 citation

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(1)

Nov 18, 20242 citations

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Personnel Records

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

Jan 25, 2024No rules cited
Nov 21, 20231 citation

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

Aug 31, 20222 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Oct 5, 20212 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

Nov 17, 20203 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

Oct 9, 20198 citations

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(j)(3)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(5)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

4 more from this inspection

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3)

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(k)

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(1)

  • Personnel Records

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

Oct 29, 20182 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3)

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(1)

Oct 24, 20179 citations

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(p)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(j)(3)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4)

5 more from this inspection

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(3)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
September 25, 2025
On file
10 visits since October 2017 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was November 25, 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.

Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 25, 2025

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553673 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · November 18, 2024

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)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553673 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 21, 2023

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553673 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 31, 2022

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Rule cited again

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553673 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · October 5, 2021

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553673 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2020 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · November 17, 2020

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553673 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2019 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · October 9, 2019

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(5)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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

Outdoor Play Area

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(k) through (l)(1) · Violation corrected · Repeat violation

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(k) · 407.390(l)(1)

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(j)(3) · Rule cited again

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553673 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · October 29, 2018

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) · Violation corrected on site

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553673 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2017 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · October 24, 2017

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2) · 407.340(a)(3) · 407.340(a)(4) · 407.340(a)(5)

Nutrition and Meal Service

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(j)(3) through (p) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(j)(3) · 407.330(p)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(n)(2) through (r) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(n)(2) · 407.370(r)

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553673 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
1020 Station Dr
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 "CADENCE ACADEMY PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60543 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 553673).

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.