Chicago · Licensed center

Jump Start Early Learning Academy

Medium center, licensed for 64 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 9 licensing inspections since April 2019.

Of the 122 Chicago-area centers with 9 licensing inspections, 16% had rules cited at 6 of them, as this center did. 34% had rules cited at all 9.

Licensing inspections

Apr 14, 20268 citations

Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

4 more from this inspection

Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Nov 4, 2025No rules cited

May 15, 20241 citation

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)

Nov 1, 2023No rules cited

Mar 20, 20233 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)
Provisions Pertaining to Permits
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.65(a)(5)

Oct 12, 2022No rules cited

Jan 31, 20206 citations

Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)(b)

2 more from this inspection

Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)(d)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)(a)

Jul 9, 20193 citations

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)

Apr 16, 20191 citation

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: April 14, 2026
On file: 9 visits since April 2019 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was May 14, 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.

Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · April 14, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(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 575303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

May 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 15, 2024

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 575303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Mar 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 20, 2023

Provisions Pertaining to Permits

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.65(a)(5) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 575303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · January 31, 2020

Equipment and Materials

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)(a) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)(a) · 407.380(j)(5)(b) · 407.380(j)(5)(d)

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 575303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 9, 2019

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected

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

Organization and Administration

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 575303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 16, 2019

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 575303 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

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Address: 7559 W Addison St
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 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 "JUMP START EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60634 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 575303).

Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.