Evergreen Pk · Licensed center

Little Shepherd Preschool

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 7 of its licensing inspections since March 2012.

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

Licensing inspections

Nov 20, 20256 citations

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)

2 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.

Nov 19, 20241 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Dec 14, 20227 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

3 more from this inspection

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)

Oct 27, 20212 citations

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Dec 19, 20128 citations

  • Medications

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(4)

  • Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c)

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)(1)

  • Personnel Records

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

4 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)

  • Medications

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(d)(2)

  • Medications

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(d)(4)

Apr 19, 20121 citation

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

Mar 22, 20124 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(4)(a)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
November 20, 2025
On file
7 visits since March 2012 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was December 20, 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.

Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · November 20, 2025

Organization and Administration

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

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 · Violation corrected

Program Requirements for All Ages

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

Outdoor Play Area

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509532 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 19, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509532 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · December 14, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (8) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(8)

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation substantiated

Guidance and Discipline

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509532 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · October 27, 2021

Guidance and Discipline

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509532 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2012 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · December 19, 2012

Personnel Records

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)

Medications

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(4) through (d)(4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(4) · 407.360(d)(2) · 407.360(d)(4)

Staffing Structure

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

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509532 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2012 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 19, 2012

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509532 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2012 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 22, 2012

Personnel Records

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(4)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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 509532 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

7086363640

Address
9220 S Kedzie Ave
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 "LITTLE SHEPHERD PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60805 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 509532).

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.