Chicago · Licensed center

Discovery Academy 2

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since October 2020.

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

Licensing inspections

Mar 6, 20241 citation

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

Nov 29, 20223 citations

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)(7)

Mar 31, 20222 citations

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)

  • Staffing Structure

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

Oct 19, 202120 citations

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.50(b)(1)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10)

16 more from this inspection

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(f)

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.50(b)(5)

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.50(b)(6)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(a)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(m)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(b)

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.50(b)(2)

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.50(b)(3)

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.50(b)(7)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

Oct 9, 202020 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

16 more from this inspection

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(2)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k)(8)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(m)(1)

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(m)(2)

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j)

  • Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(b)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

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

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
March 6, 2024
On file
5 visits since October 2020 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was April 5, 2024. 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 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 6, 2024

Background Checks for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 567009 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · November 29, 2022

Staffing Structure

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)(7) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 567009 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 31, 2022

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) through (b) · Violation corrected

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 567009 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2021 Monitoring visit 20 findings

Monitoring visit · October 19, 2021

Application for License

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.50(b)(1) through (7) · Violation corrected · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.50(b)(1) · 407.50(b)(2) · 407.50(b)(3) · 407.50(b)(5) · 407.50(b)(6) · 407.50(b)(7)

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) through (h) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(f) · 407.100(h)

Application for Renewal of License

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(b) through (f) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(b) · 407.55(f)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected · Violation substantiated

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) through (10) · Violation corrected · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(e)(10)

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(m) · Violation substantiated

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(a) · Violation substantiated

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 567009 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2020 Monitoring visit 20 findings

Monitoring visit · October 9, 2020

Personnel Records

8 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) through (e)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(b) · 407.120(e)(1) · 407.120(e)(2) · 407.120(e)(3)

Qualifications for Child Care Director

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j) through (m)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j) · 407.130(m)(1) · 407.130(m)(2)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k)(8) · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(b) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(2) · Violation corrected

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

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

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

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 567009 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.

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Address
215 W 95th St
License
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All checked July 2026.

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "DISCOVERY ACADEMY 2" under Provider Name and 60628 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 567009).

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