Waukegan · Licensed center

Childrens Garden Day Care Inc.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 5 licensing inspections since March 2022.

Of the 130 Chicago-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 28% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this center did. 45% had rules cited at all 5.

Licensing inspections

Mar 3, 20261 citation

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2)

Feb 27, 20256 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

2 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

May 7, 20243 citations

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(4)

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)

  • Personnel Records

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

Jul 6, 20231 citation

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(k)(1)

Mar 23, 2022No rules cited
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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
March 3, 2026
On file
5 visits since March 2022 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 24, 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.

Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 3, 2026

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 506623 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · February 27, 2025

Personnel Records

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

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

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · 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 506623 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · May 7, 2024

Personnel Records

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

Program Requirements for All Ages

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

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 506623 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 6, 2023

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 506623 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

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

8477751501

Address
18 Philippa Ave
License
license issued (il)

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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 "CHILDRENS GARDEN DAY CARE INC." under Provider Name and 60085 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 506623).

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.