Chicago · Licensed center

First Step Learning Daycare, Inc.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since November 2011.

Of the 157 Chicago-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 27% had rules cited at 6 of them, as this center did. 40% had rules cited at all 7.

Licensing inspections

Jul 14, 20261 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Oct 15, 20245 citations

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(1)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(7)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1)

1 more from this inspection

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

Jul 13, 20232 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)

Aug 27, 20201 citation

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

May 20, 2019No rules cited
Aug 9, 20184 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

Nov 28, 20111 citation

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
July 14, 2026
On file
7 visits since November 2011 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was August 13, 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.

Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 14, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499953 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · October 15, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(7) · Violation corrected

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(1) · 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 499953 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 13, 2023

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499953 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 27, 2020

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499953 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2019 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Aug 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · August 9, 2018

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(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, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499953 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2011 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 28, 2011

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270 · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499953 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

7734343100

Address
6401 S Ashland Ave
License
license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

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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 "FIRST STEP LEARNING DAYCARE, INC." under Provider Name and 60636 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 499953).

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.