Chicago · Licensed center

High Mountain Head Start

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 8 of its licensing inspections since September 2010.

Of the 126 Chicago-area centers with 8 licensing inspections, 37% had rules cited at all 8, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Sep 15, 20257 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

3 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

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

Sep 27, 20245 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

  • Personnel Records

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

1 more from this inspection

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

Sep 19, 202316 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

12 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(k)

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(m)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Personnel Records

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

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

Nov 23, 20223 citations

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

Sep 14, 20171 citation

  • Personnel Records

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

Sep 2, 20141 citation

  • Personnel Records

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

Sep 20, 20132 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Equipment and Materials

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

Sep 14, 20104 citations

  • Equipment and Materials

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

  • Equipment and Materials

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

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(c)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
September 15, 2025
On file
8 visits since September 2010 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was October 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.

Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · September 15, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

3 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(h)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected on site

Personnel Records

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

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 186457 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 27, 2024

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected on site

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Rule cited again

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6) · Violation corrected on site

Guidance and Discipline

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 186457 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 16 findings

Monitoring visit · September 19, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

4 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)(6) · 407.100(f)

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (6) · Violation corrected

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(k) through (m) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(k) · 407.130(l)(1) · 407.130(m)

Organization and Administration

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

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) through (f)(2) · Violation corrected

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

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · 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 186457 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

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 186457 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 14, 2017

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 186457 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2014 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 2, 2014

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 186457 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2013 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · September 20, 2013

Personnel Records

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

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(h) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 186457 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2010 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · September 14, 2010

Equipment and Materials

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

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

Program Requirements for All Ages

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 186457 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

7736263997

Address
919 North Lavergne
License
license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

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All checked July 2026.

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "HIGH MOUNTAIN HEAD START" under Provider Name and 60651 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 186457).

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.