Chicago · Licensed center

Care-A-Lot Early Learning Center, Inc

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 6 of its licensing inspections since March 2011.

Of the 134 Chicago-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 38% had rules cited at all 6, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Mar 2, 20261 citation

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

Mar 27, 20242 citations

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

  • Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(2)

Mar 8, 20187 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

3 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

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

Apr 14, 20151 citation

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Apr 14, 20145 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)

1 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

Mar 10, 20116 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

2 more from this inspection

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(b)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
March 2, 2026
On file
6 visits since March 2011 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was April 1, 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 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 2, 2026

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 323906 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 27, 2024

Personnel Records

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

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(2) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 323906 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2018 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · March 8, 2018

Personnel Records

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

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

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)

Organization and Administration

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

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, FHSEC305.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 323906 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2015 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 14, 2015

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 323906 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2014 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · April 14, 2014

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

Organization and Administration

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 323906 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2011 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · March 10, 2011

Personnel Records

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 323906 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, ratios and staff, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

How they teach

Developmental and play-based

“In order to fix on children’s developmental needs, we have adapted the teachings and theory of Jean Piaget and his ‘Theory of Cognitive Development.'”

A day here

Outdoors
Daily outdoor playtime weather-permitting; indoor large-motor equipment used when seasonal temperatures don't allow outside time
Calendar
Year round

Details

7737638888

Website
carealot4kids.com
Address
6441 N Central Ave
License
license issued (il)
Ages they serve
15 months - 12 years

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How they teach

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

A day here

Details

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.