Chicago · Licensed center

Gina's Unbelievable Learning Center

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 9 of its licensing inspections since November 2015.

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

Licensing inspections

Dec 9, 202411 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(j)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

7 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Nov 6, 20232 citations

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

Jan 4, 20235 citations

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(5)

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

1 more from this inspection

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

Oct 20, 20211 citation

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

Dec 10, 20191 citation

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)

Sep 23, 20191 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)

Oct 30, 201819 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

  • Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(19)

15 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(d)

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

Oct 18, 201616 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)

  • Staffing Structure

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

12 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f)

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(m)

Nov 13, 20151 citation

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(b)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
December 9, 2024
On file
9 visits since November 2015 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was January 8, 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.

Dec 2024 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · December 9, 2024

Personnel Records

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(4)

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (7) · Violation corrected

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

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 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

Napping and Sleeping

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 510827 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · November 6, 2023

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 510827 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · January 4, 2023

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(5) · 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 510827 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · October 20, 2021

Background Checks for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 510827 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · December 10, 2019

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 510827 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 23, 2019

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 510827 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2018 Monitoring visit 19 findings

Monitoring visit · October 30, 2018

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (7) · Violation corrected

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

Personnel Records

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(d)

Health Requirements for Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · 407.90(d)

Organization and Administration

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

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(19) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260 · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

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

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 510827 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2016 Monitoring visit 16 findings

Monitoring visit · October 18, 2016

Staffing Structure

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) through (e)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · 407.90(d) · 407.90(e)(1)

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (7) · Violation corrected

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

Grouping and Staffing

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · 407.190(f)

Organization and Administration

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

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation corrected

Program Requirements for All Ages

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

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

Napping and Sleeping

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 510827 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2015 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 13, 2015

Organization and Administration

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 510827 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
7239 S Dobson 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 "GINA'S UNBELIEVABLE LEARNING CENTER" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 510827).

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.