Oswego · Licensed center

Del Valle Migrant Head Start, Inc.

Medium center, licensed for 59 children.
Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
Shortlist has found no website for it yet.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 8 licensing inspections since September 2015.

Of the 127 Chicago-area centers with 8 licensing inspections, 17% had rules cited at 6 of them, as this center did. 36% had rules cited at all 8.

Licensing inspections

Oct 16, 2025No rules cited

Aug 1, 20251 citation

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

Oct 21, 2024No rules cited

Nov 7, 20231 citation

Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(b)

Oct 1, 20211 citation

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

Oct 23, 20193 citations

Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

Oct 16, 20174 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Sep 30, 201515 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)

11 more from this inspection

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(2)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1)(a)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1)(b)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1)(c)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(5)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: October 16, 2025
On file: 8 visits since September 2015 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was August 25, 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.

Oct 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 1, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 168517 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 7, 2023

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 168517 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · October 1, 2021

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 168517 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 23, 2019

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(g) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 168517 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2017 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · October 16, 2017

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i) · Violation corrected on site

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4) · Violation corrected on site

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) · Violation corrected on site

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 168517 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2015 Monitoring visit 15 findings

Monitoring visit · September 30, 2015

Personnel Records

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (e)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(6) · 407.120(e)(4) · 407.120(e)(5)

Organization and Administration

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

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1)(a) through (c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1)(a) · 407.260(f)(1)(b) · 407.260(f)(1)(c)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)(3) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 168517 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

8154361092

Address: 6550 Ridge Rd
License: license issued (il)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "DEL VALLE MIGRANT HEAD START, INC." under Provider Name and 60543 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 168517).
Who runs it — Checked October 2026 projects.propublica.org

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.