Chicago · Licensed center

Little Einsteins After-School Center

Medium center, licensed for 57 children.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since August 2022.

Of the 130 Chicago-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 45% had rules cited at all 5, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Sep 1, 20261 citation

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

Sep 23, 20254 citations

Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(d)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(h)

Jul 25, 202416 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)

12 more from this inspection

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(e)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(d)
Transportation
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(s)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(k)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(4)
Special Requirements for School-Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(i)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

Jun 9, 20233 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(e)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)

Aug 3, 20221 citation

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: September 1, 2026
On file: 5 visits since August 2022 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was October 1, 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.

Sep 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 1, 2026

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 599489 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · September 23, 2025

Equipment and Materials

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(d) through (h) · Violation corrected

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

Organization and Administration

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

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599489 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2024 Monitoring visit 16 findings

Monitoring visit · July 25, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(2) · 407.100(e)

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(b) · 407.120(d)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(4) through (r)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(4) · 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(r)(3)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation corrected

Organization and Administration

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

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

Special Requirements for School-Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(i) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c) · Violation corrected

Transportation

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(s) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599489 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · June 9, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (e) · Violation corrected

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

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599489 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 3, 2022

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599489 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

7735920226

Website: littleeinsteinsasc.com
Address: 1125 W 31st St Fl 1st
License: license issued (il)
Ownership: For-profit

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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 "LITTLE EINSTEINS AFTER-SCHOOL CENTER" under Provider Name and 60608 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 599489).
Website — Checked July 2026 littleeinsteinsasc.com
Ownership — Checked October 2026 data.cityofchicago.org

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.