Chicago · Licensed center

Dr. Effie O Ellis YMCA Day Care Center

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 9 licensing inspections since April 2012.

Of the 122 Chicago-area centers with 9 licensing inspections, 16% had rules cited at 6 of them, as this center did. 34% had rules cited at all 9.

Licensing inspections

Aug 20, 20261 citation

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

Oct 4, 20231 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)

May 11, 2023No rules cited
Apr 21, 2022No rules cited
Aug 18, 20201 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Feb 28, 2020No rules cited
Mar 30, 20193 citations

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(n)(3)

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(n)(2)

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

Mar 14, 20166 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(c)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(j)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

2 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

Apr 10, 20129 citations

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

5 more from this inspection

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(k)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 20, 2026
On file
9 visits since April 2012 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 19, 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.

Aug 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 20, 2026

Background Checks for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 483665 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · October 4, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 483665 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Apr 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Aug 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 18, 2020

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 483665 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2020 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 30, 2019

Program Requirements for All Ages

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(n)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(n)(2) · 407.200(n)(3)

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 483665 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2016 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · March 14, 2016

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(b) · 407.120(c)

Organization and Administration

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

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 483665 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2012 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · April 10, 2012

Health Requirements for Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

Organization and Administration

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(k) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 483665 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

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Address
10 S Kedzie Ave
License
license issued (il)

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All checked July 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 "DR. EFFIE O ELLIS YMCA DAY CARE CENTER" under Provider Name and 60612 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 483665).

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.