Crete · Licensed center

Cherie's Garden Day Care Inc

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 9 of its 14 licensing inspections since February 2010.

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

Feb 19, 2026No rules cited
Apr 16, 2024No rules cited
Feb 27, 2024No rules cited
Mar 1, 2023No rules cited
Jan 24, 20192 citations

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)(5)

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b)

May 18, 20186 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

2 more from this inspection

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

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

Feb 6, 20184 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

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

Feb 16, 20173 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

Mar 2, 20162 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Hand Washing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(7)

Feb 25, 20156 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(2)

  • Organization and Administration

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

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(e)(4)

Mar 3, 20144 citations

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(3)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

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

Oct 24, 2012No rules cited
Feb 15, 20113 citations

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

Feb 1, 20108 citations

  • Transportation

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(d)

  • Equipment and Materials

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)

  • Transportation

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(n)

4 more from this inspection

  • Transportation

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(q)

  • Transportation

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(t)(1)

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(d)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
February 19, 2026
On file
14 visits since February 2010 — 5 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was February 22, 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.

Feb 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Apr 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Mar 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jan 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 24, 2019

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)(5) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 309945 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2018 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · May 18, 2018

Health Requirements for Children

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

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

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)

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 309945 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · February 6, 2018

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)

Personnel Records

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

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 309945 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2017 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 16, 2017

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 309945 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 2, 2016

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Hand Washing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(7) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 309945 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2015 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · February 25, 2015

Organization and Administration

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) · 407.70(e)(2) · 407.70(e)(3)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Rule cited again

Personnel Records

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 309945 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2014 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 3, 2014

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(3) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 309945 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2012 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2011 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 15, 2011

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d) · Violation corrected on site

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · 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 309945 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2010 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · February 1, 2010

Transportation

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(d) through (t)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(d) · 407.280(n) · 407.280(q) · 407.280(t)(1)

Equipment and Materials

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) · 407.380(j)(5)

Personnel Records

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 309945 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

7086728100

Address
3425 Donovan Drive
License
license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

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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 "CHERIE'S GARDEN DAY CARE INC" under Provider Name and 60417 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 309945).

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.