Chicago · Licensed center

Hope For Youth Day Care

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 9 of its 10 licensing inspections since July 2010.

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

Mar 9, 20264 citations
  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

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

Mar 11, 20253 citations
  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

Feb 18, 20253 citations
  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(8)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

Feb 7, 20244 citations
  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

Feb 27, 2023No rules cited
Jan 29, 20201 citation
  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(4)

Mar 1, 20163 citations
  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Mar 8, 20134 citations
  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Equipment and Materials

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

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(k)

Mar 11, 20111 citation
  • Personnel Records

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

Jul 22, 20102 citations
  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, 38550.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
March 9, 2026
On file
10 visits since July 2010 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was April 9, 2026. 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.

Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 9, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Rule cited again

Personnel Records

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

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 218461 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 11, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · 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 218461 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 18, 2025

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) through (8) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(e)(5) · 407.370(e)(8)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 218461 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · February 7, 2024

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) through (q)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(q)(2)

Organization and Administration

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 218461 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 29, 2020

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 218461 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2016 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 1, 2016

Personnel Records

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

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 218461 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2013 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 8, 2013

Personnel Records

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Equipment and Materials

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

Outdoor Play Area

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 218461 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2011 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 11, 2011

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 218461 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2010 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 22, 2010

Background Checks for Personnel

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, 38550.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 218461 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
5900 W Iowa St
License
license issued (il)

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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 "HOPE FOR YOUTH DAY CARE" under Provider Name and 60651 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 218461).

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.