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Gorton Children's Learning Center

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 3 of its 5 licensing inspections since May 2012.

Of the 130 Chicago-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 13% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this center did. 45% had rules cited at all 5.

Licensing inspections

Jan 15, 2026No rules cited
Feb 8, 20243 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Jan 25, 2023No rules cited
Jun 27, 20221 citation

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

May 8, 20122 citations

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 15, 2026
On file
5 visits since May 2012 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 9, 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.

Jan 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 8, 2024

Personnel Records

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

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 123935 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jun 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 27, 2022

Grouping and Staffing

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 123935 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2012 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · May 8, 2012

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

Outdoor Play Area

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 123935 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

8472342778

Address
400 E Illinois Rd
License
license issued (il)

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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 "GORTON CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER" under Provider Name and 60045 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 123935).

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.