Chicago · Licensed center

Ivy Garden Learning Center LLC Halsted

Large academic center, licensed for 195 children.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since March 2019.

Of the 157 Chicago-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 27% had rules cited at 6 of them, as this center did. 40% had rules cited at all 7.

Licensing inspections

Sep 9, 202525 citations

Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(b)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)

21 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(d)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(e)(3)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b)
Hand Washing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(c)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(f)(1)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Apr 18, 20241 citation

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

Feb 22, 2023No rules cited

Mar 16, 20228 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

4 more from this inspection

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(1)
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(e)(1)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1)(a)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

Apr 9, 20211 citation

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(e)

Dec 18, 20192 citations

Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(5)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)(e)

Mar 20, 20192 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: September 9, 2025
On file: 7 visits since March 2019 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was November 14, 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 25 findings

Monitoring visit · September 9, 2025

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) through (f)(1) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(4) · 407.370(e)(6) · 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(f)(1)

Health Requirements for Children

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(d)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(2)(b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)(2) · 407.250(i)(2)(b)

Equipment and Materials

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b) through (e)(3) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b) · 407.380(d) · 407.380(e)(3)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(6)

Organization and Administration

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

Hand Washing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(c) · Violation corrected on site

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(f)(1) · 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 558746 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 18, 2024

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558746 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

Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · March 16, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) through (e)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(1)

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558746 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 9, 2021

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558746 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · December 18, 2019

Guidance and Discipline

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(5) through (6)(e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(5) · 407.270(c)(6)(e)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558746 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 20, 2019

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558746 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, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

How they teach

Academic

“we focus squarely on academic prep, physical development, moral education, and social skills enhancement”

Details

3129294355

Website: ivygardenlearning.com
Address: 2929 S Halsted St
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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Sources and dates

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How they teach

Approach — Checked August 2026 ivygardenlearning.com

State record

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

Details

Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "IVY GARDEN LEARNING CENTER LLC HALSTED" under Provider Name and 60608 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 558746).
Website — Checked August 2026 ivygardenlearning.com

Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.