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Chicago Urban Day School

Medium center, licensed for 81 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 7 of its 9 licensing inspections since October 2010.

Of the 122 Chicago-area centers with 9 licensing inspections, 20% had rules cited at 7 of them, as this center did. 34% had rules cited at all 9.

Licensing inspections

Jun 9, 202611 citations

Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(1)

7 more from this inspection

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Jun 2, 20231 citation

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Jul 30, 20202 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

Jun 18, 20191 citation

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)

May 3, 2018No rules cited

Jun 16, 20178 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(k)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(i)

4 more from this inspection

Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)

Jun 20, 2011No rules cited

Jun 13, 20112 citations

Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

Oct 1, 20105 citations

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(a)(3)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

1 more from this inspection

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

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: June 9, 2026
On file: 9 visits since October 2010 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was July 9, 2027. 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.

Jun 2026 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · June 9, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(h)

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (e)(1) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(b) · 407.120(e)(1)

Staffing Structure

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

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i) · Violation substantiated

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · 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 029780 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 2, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 029780 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 30, 2020

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 029780 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 18, 2019

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 029780 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jun 2017 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · June 16, 2017

Equipment and Materials

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(i) · 407.380(j)(4)(k)

Organization and Administration

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · 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 029780 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2011 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jun 2011 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 13, 2011

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 029780 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2010 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · October 1, 2010

Personnel Records

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (6) · Violation corrected

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

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 029780 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

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Address: 1248 W 69th St
License: license issued (il)

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All checked July 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 "CHICAGO URBAN DAY SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60636 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 029780).

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.