Lake Forest · Licensed center
Dearhaven Childcare And Learning Center
- Large center, licensed for 159 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 4 of its 8 licensing inspections since May 2012.
Of the 127 Chicago-area centers with 8 licensing inspections, 6% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this center did. 36% had rules cited at all 8.
Licensing inspections
Jan 23, 20262 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Feb 7, 20231 citation
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Aug 17, 20221 citation
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)
May 3, 20123 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
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State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- February 23, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since May 2012 — 4 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was February 15, 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.
Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · January 23, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · 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 504486 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 7, 2023
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504486 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 17, 2022
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504486 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2012 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · May 3, 2012
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) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504486 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
- Address
- 1100 N Westmoreland Rd
- 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 "DEARHAVEN CHILDCARE AND LEARNING CENTER" under Provider Name and 60045 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 504486).
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.