Chicago · Licensed center

Centers For New Horizons Inc Effie Ellis

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 8 of its 11 licensing inspections since September 2011.

Of the 859 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

Oct 6, 20221 citation

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)

Apr 6, 2022No rules cited
Oct 14, 2021No rules cited
Jun 14, 2021No rules cited
Sep 9, 20192 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Apr 2, 20181 citation

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(b)

Sep 7, 20171 citation

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Sep 22, 20157 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(f)

3 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Oct 16, 20147 citations

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(c)

3 more from this inspection

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)(1)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

Aug 21, 20132 citations

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)

Sep 21, 20115 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370

1 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(g)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
October 6, 2022
On file
11 visits since September 2011 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was October 9, 2019. 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.

Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · October 6, 2022

Guidance and Discipline

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 458752 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Oct 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jun 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · September 9, 2019

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) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 458752 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 2, 2018

Guidance and Discipline

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 458752 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 7, 2017

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 458752 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2015 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · September 22, 2015

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(6)

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)

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(f) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 458752 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2014 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · October 16, 2014

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)(1) · 407.370(d)(3) · 407.370(e) · 407.370(f)

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

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

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

Staffing Structure

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 458752 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2013 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 21, 2013

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 458752 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2011 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 21, 2011

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370 through (o)(2) · Violation corrected

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 458752 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

7733574343

Website
cnh.org
Address
4301 S Cottage Grove Ave
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 July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "CENTERS FOR NEW HORIZONS INC EFFIE ELLIS" under Provider Name and 60653 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 458752).
  • Website — Checked August 2026 cnh.org

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.