Chicago · Licensed center

First Steps To Success Corp

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 7 of its 9 licensing inspections since March 2020.

Of the 122 Chicago-area centers with 9 licensing inspections, 20% had rules cited at 7 of them, as this center did. 34% had rules cited at all 9.

Licensing inspections

Aug 7, 20262 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)

Jun 11, 20254 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

Jul 26, 2024No rules cited
Nov 9, 20231 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(3)

Aug 10, 20225 citations

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(d)

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c)

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)

1 more from this inspection

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11)

Sep 14, 20211 citation

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Jul 8, 2021No rules cited
Oct 8, 20201 citation

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Mar 4, 20208 citations

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(3)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(5)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(4)

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1)

4 more from this inspection

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(1)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(2)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(b)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 7, 2026
On file
9 visits since March 2020 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 6, 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 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 7, 2026

Personnel Records

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 580645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · June 11, 2025

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) through (e)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) · 407.370(e) · 407.370(e)(3)

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 580645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 9, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(3) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 580645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · August 10, 2022

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(d) · Violation substantiated

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

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

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 580645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 14, 2021

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 580645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Oct 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · October 8, 2020

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 580645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2020 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · March 4, 2020

Guidance and Discipline

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(1) · 407.270(a)(2) · 407.270(a)(3) · 407.270(a)(4) · 407.270(a)(5)

Organization and Administration

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

Staffing Structure

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

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 580645 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
11045 S Wentworth Ave
License
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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 STEPS TO SUCCESS CORP" under Provider Name and 60628 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 580645).

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.