Maywood · Licensed center

Fresh Start Learning Daycare

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 7 of its licensing inspections since October 2011.

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

Licensing inspections

Jul 15, 20263 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Personnel Records

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

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

Sep 23, 20257 citations

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)(b)

  • Personnel Records

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

3 more from this inspection

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(o)

Aug 2, 20245 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

1 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

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

Jul 29, 20225 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

1 more from this inspection

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(a)

Jul 12, 20214 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

Sep 18, 20142 citations

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g)

Oct 27, 20116 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

2 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(5)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
July 15, 2026
On file
7 visits since October 2011 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was August 15, 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 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 15, 2026

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Repeat violation

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Violation substantiated

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 347019 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · September 23, 2025

Equipment and Materials

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) through (5)(b) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) · 407.380(j)(5) · 407.380(j)(5)(b)

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Repeat violation

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation substantiated

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(o) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 347019 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · August 2, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(6)

Organization and Administration

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

Personnel Records

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 347019 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · July 29, 2022

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

Personnel Records

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

Outdoor Play Area

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 347019 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2021 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · July 12, 2021

Organization and Administration

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

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 347019 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2014 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · September 18, 2014

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 347019 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2011 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · October 27, 2011

Personnel Records

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(5) · 407.120(a)(6)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 347019 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

7083389534

Address
1200 S 5th Ave
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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Sources and dates

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All checked August 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 "FRESH START LEARNING DAYCARE" under Provider Name and 60153 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 347019).

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.