Chicago · Licensed center

Gifted Children Academy

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 7 of its 9 licensing inspections since June 2018.

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

Oct 24, 20244 citations

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(1)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)

Oct 8, 2024No rules cited
Jan 16, 20246 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(e)

2 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

Nov 4, 20221 citation

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

Oct 6, 20212 citations

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)(1)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7)

Dec 18, 20193 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(b)

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7)

Nov 29, 201814 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(h)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)

10 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)

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

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Aug 6, 2018No rules cited
Jun 21, 201817 citations

  • 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(a)(4)

  • Guidance and Discipline

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

13 more from this inspection

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(e)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • Guidance and Discipline

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(1)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(4)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(h)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)

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

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
October 24, 2024
On file
9 visits since June 2018 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was December 11, 2024. 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 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · October 24, 2024

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(1) · Violation corrected on site

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(d) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 561620 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · January 16, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(e) · 407.100(f)

Personnel Records

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

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Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 4, 2022

Personnel Records

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

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Oct 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · October 6, 2021

Grouping and Staffing

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7) · Violation substantiated

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Dec 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · December 18, 2019

Organization and Administration

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j) · Violation corrected

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7) · Violation corrected

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Nov 2018 Monitoring visit 14 findings

Monitoring visit · November 29, 2018

General Requirements for Personnel

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(d)

Health Requirements for Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(4)

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(h) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected

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

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 561620 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 17 findings

Monitoring visit · June 21, 2018

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)

Grouping and Staffing

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) through (e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · 407.190(d)(1) · 407.190(d)(4) · 407.190(e)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(h) through (i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(h) · 407.250(i)(1)(g) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · Violation corrected

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

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 561620 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, teaching approach, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

Who cares for your child

Mrs. Abi Olojo (Founder) since 2010 and Abi Olojo (Founder) since 2010.

Of 5,339 Chicago-area providers, 26 publish how long a named staff member has been there; the longest tenure at each of those has a median of sixteen years.

A day here

Hours
6:30 AM to 6:00 PM

Details

8479050652

Website
giftedusa.com
Address
1921 W Howard St
License
pending renewal application (rn)
Ages they serve
6 weeks to 6 years
Established
2010

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Who cares for your child

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

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Details

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.