Chicago · Licensed center

First Academy

Medium center, licensed for 62 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 6 licensing inspections since October 2016.

Of the 134 Chicago-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 14% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this center did. 38% had rules cited at all 6.

Licensing inspections

Oct 15, 20251 citation

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

Sep 13, 20232 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)

Dec 14, 2022No rules cited

Sep 28, 20226 citations

Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)

2 more from this inspection

Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

Nov 23, 2020No rules cited

Oct 6, 201622 citations

Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(b)(3)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(b)(4)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

18 more from this inspection

Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(2)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(3)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(4)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(b)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(b)(1)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(b)(2)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(1)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(2)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(5)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)(e)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(4)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: October 15, 2025
On file: 6 visits since October 2016 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was November 14, 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 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · October 15, 2025

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 541611 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · September 13, 2023

Personnel Records

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 541611 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · September 28, 2022

Personnel Records

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation corrected

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation substantiated

Equipment and Materials

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 541611 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2020 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Oct 2016 Monitoring visit 22 findings

Monitoring visit · October 6, 2016

Guidance and Discipline

14 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(1) through (c)(6)(e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(1) · 407.270(a)(2) · 407.270(a)(3) · 407.270(a)(4) · 407.270(b)(1) · 407.270(b)(2) · 407.270(b)(3) · 407.270(b)(4) · 407.270(c)(1) · 407.270(c)(2) · 407.270(c)(4) · 407.270(c)(5) · 407.270(c)(6) · 407.270(c)(6)(e)

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(d)

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)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · 407.370(f)(3)

Organization and Administration

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 541611 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

7739449031

Address: 2557 W Peterson Ave
License: license issued (il)

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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 "FIRST ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60659 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 541611).

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.