Oak Forest · Licensed center

Learning 4 The Future Childcare Center

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 5 of its 6 licensing inspections since September 2022.

Of the 133 Chicago-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 29% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this center did. 38% had rules cited at all 6.

Licensing inspections

Jul 14, 2026No rules cited
Aug 9, 20242 citations

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(1)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Aug 2, 20233 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

Dec 20, 20224 citations

  • Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)

Nov 28, 20228 citations

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11)

  • Hand Washing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(e)

4 more from this inspection

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)(7)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c)

  • Personnel Records

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

Sep 30, 20225 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

1 more from this inspection

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
July 14, 2026
On file
6 visits since September 2022 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 8, 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.

Jul 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 9, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Grouping and Staffing

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 608848 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · August 2, 2023

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)(3) · 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 608848 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · December 20, 2022

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation corrected on site

Personnel Records

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

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation corrected on site

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 608848 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · November 28, 2022

Napping and Sleeping

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) through (i) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) · 407.350(i)

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

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

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)(7) · Violation corrected on site

Hand Washing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(e) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 608848 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 30, 2022

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4) through (j)(1) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(4) · 407.370(j)(1)

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f) · Violation corrected on site

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 608848 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
5488 159th St # 5496
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 "LEARNING 4 THE FUTURE CHILDCARE CENTER" under Provider Name and 60452 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 608848).