Park Ridge · Licensed center

Christies Carousel Of Learning Inc

Large center, licensed for 142 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 5 licensing inspections since August 2021.

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

Aug 4, 20257 citations

Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

3 more from this inspection

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Aug 5, 20249 citations

Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)

5 more from this inspection

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

Jul 24, 2023No rules cited

Oct 24, 20225 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)

1 more from this inspection

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

Aug 13, 20214 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: August 4, 2025
On file: 5 visits since August 2021 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was September 4, 2025. 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.

Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · August 4, 2025

Organization and Administration

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

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

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

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

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · 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 579409 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · August 5, 2024

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)(1) · 407.250(i)(2) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)

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)

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(5)

Guidance and Discipline

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 579409 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · October 24, 2022

Organization and Administration

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

Personnel Records

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 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 579409 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2021 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · August 13, 2021

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)(6) · 407.100(f)

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 579409 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

8478254568

Address: 1300 W Crescent 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 "CHRISTIES CAROUSEL OF LEARNING INC" under Provider Name and 60068 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 579409).

Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.