Chicago · Licensed center

Gads Hill Center

Large center, licensed for 123 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 9 of its 14 licensing inspections since January 2020.

Of the 860 Chicago-area centers with 10 or more licensing inspections, 78% had rules cited at some but not all of them, as this center did. 22% had rules cited at all of them.

Licensing inspections

Jan 16, 202521 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

17 more from this inspection

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(m)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Jul 17, 2024No rules cited

Dec 20, 20232 citations

Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(d)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)

Jun 12, 2023No rules cited

Jan 11, 20231 citation

Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)

Nov 23, 20223 citations

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)(3)
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340

May 16, 2022No rules cited

May 11, 20223 citations

Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(a)(3)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(2)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)

Jan 13, 2022No rules cited

Nov 17, 20211 citation

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(f)

Mar 5, 2021No rules cited

Aug 13, 20202 citations

Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(i)
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j)

Feb 20, 20201 citation

Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190

Jan 30, 20202 citations

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: January 16, 2025
On file: 14 visits since January 2020 — 5 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was February 15, 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.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 21 findings

Monitoring visit · January 16, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

8 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(f) · 407.100(h)

Personnel Records

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(3)

Organization and Administration

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 407.70(i)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) through (m) · Rule cited again · Violation corrected

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · 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

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · 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 583593 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

Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · December 20, 2023

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 583593 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 11, 2023

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 583593 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · November 23, 2022

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340 · Violation corrected on site

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) · Violation corrected on site

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 583593 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

May 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · May 11, 2022

Guidance and Discipline

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(2) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(2) · 407.270(c)(6)

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(a)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 583593 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Nov 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 17, 2021

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 583593 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Aug 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 13, 2020

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 583593 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 20, 2020

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190 · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 583593 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 30, 2020

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) through (f)(24) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · 407.210(f)(24)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 583593 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

7738935877

Address: 4255 S Archer Ave
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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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 "GADS HILL CENTER" under Provider Name and 60632 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 583593).

Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.