Joliet · Licensed center

Catholic Charities Rockdale Headstart

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since November 2017.

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

Licensing inspections

Jul 3, 20251 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Sep 17, 20249 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(n)(3)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.50(b)(6)

5 more from this inspection

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(c)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(b)

Sep 10, 20195 citations

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k)

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

1 more from this inspection

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

Sep 6, 20186 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

2 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)

Nov 2, 201719 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

15 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

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

  • Staffing Structure

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

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(f)

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

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

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
July 3, 2025
On file
5 visits since November 2017 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was August 2, 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.

Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 3, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558307 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · September 17, 2024

Organization and Administration

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(b) through (n)(3) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(b) · 407.70(c) · 407.70(n)(3)

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.50(b)(6) · Violation substantiated

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558307 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 10, 2019

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5) · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k) · 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, FHSEC305.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558307 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2018 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · September 6, 2018

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (h) · Violation corrected

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

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5) · 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) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558307 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2017 Monitoring visit 19 findings

Monitoring visit · November 2, 2017

Personnel Records

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (f) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(6) · 407.120(f)

Health Requirements for Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) · 407.90(a)(5)

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (6) · Violation substantiated

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

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation substantiated

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(1) · Violation substantiated

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

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

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558307 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

8152802780

Address
1215 Houbolt Rd Bldg A Rm 1510
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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State record

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

Details

  • Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "CATHOLIC CHARITIES ROCKDALE HEADSTART" under Provider Name and 60431 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 558307).
  • Who runs it — Checked October 2026 usaspending.gov

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.