Lincolnshire · Licensed center

Child First Academy North

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 6 of its licensing inspections since June 2023.

Of the 133 Chicago-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 38% had rules cited at all 6, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Feb 26, 20269 citations

  • Organization and Administration

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

  • Organization and Administration

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

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

5 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Organization and Administration

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

  • Organization and Administration

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

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

Mar 20, 20251 citation

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

Feb 6, 20258 citations

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

4 more from this inspection

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

Feb 6, 202410 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

6 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCA7A.

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

Jul 20, 20233 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

Jun 22, 20231 citation

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
February 26, 2026
On file
6 visits since June 2023 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 26, 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.

Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · February 26, 2026

Organization and Administration

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

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

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · 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 613810 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 20, 2025

Background Checks for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 613810 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · February 6, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (8) · Violation corrected

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

Napping and Sleeping

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) through (j) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) · 407.350(j)

Program Requirements for All Ages

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(t)(2) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 613810 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · February 6, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(d)

Personnel Records

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (b) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(b)

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCA7A.

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 613810 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 20, 2023

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 613810 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 22, 2023

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 613810 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

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Details

2247777232

Address
675 Milwaukee Ave
License
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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 "CHILD FIRST ACADEMY NORTH" under Provider Name and 60069 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 613810).

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.