Chicago · Licensed center

Charming Children Learning Academy

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 8 of its licensing inspections since January 2020.

Of the 126 Chicago-area centers with 8 licensing inspections, 37% had rules cited at all 8, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Jan 5, 20262 citations

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

Jan 27, 20257 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)

3 more from this inspection

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

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

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(m)

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)

Jan 8, 202410 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

6 more from this inspection

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(d)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(k)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)

Aug 20, 20203 citations

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(5)(a)

  • Hand Washing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(c)

Mar 12, 20202 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

Mar 5, 20202 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(o)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)(4)

Feb 6, 20204 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Jan 2, 20207 citations

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(g)

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)

  • Hand Washing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(c)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

3 more from this inspection

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 5, 2026
On file
8 visits since January 2020 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was January 20, 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.

Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 5, 2026

Personnel Records

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

Equipment and Materials

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582297 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · January 27, 2025

Nutrition and Meal Service

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) through (l)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) · 407.330(g) · 407.330(l)(1)

Personnel Records

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

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(m) · Violation corrected

Outdoor Play Area

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582297 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · January 8, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(f)

Organization and Administration

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) through (l) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 407.70(l)

Personnel Records

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

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(k) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582297 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2020 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · August 20, 2020

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(5)(a) · Violation corrected

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

Hand Washing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582297 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 12, 2020

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582297 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 5, 2020

Organization and Administration

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582297 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2020 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · February 6, 2020

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)

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)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582297 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · January 2, 2020

Application for Renewal of License

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

Program Requirements for All Ages

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

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(d) · Violation corrected

Hand Washing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(c) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370 · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582297 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

8722785437

Address
3337 W Chicago Ave
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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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 "CHARMING CHILDREN LEARNING ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60651 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 582297).

Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.