Crystal Lake · Licensed center

Mchenry Cty College Childrens Lrng Ctr

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 9 of its 10 licensing inspections since January 2011.

Of the 859 Chicago-area centers with 10 or more licensing inspections, 78% had rules cited at some but not all of them, as this center did. 22% had rules cited at all of them.

Licensing inspections

Aug 25, 20264 citations
  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i)(1)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(e)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(b)

Jan 27, 20261 citation
  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Feb 13, 2025No rules cited
Feb 5, 20242 citations
  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

Feb 24, 20221 citation
  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

Mar 13, 20181 citation
  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)

Feb 10, 20171 citation
  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Jan 20, 20156 citations
  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)

2 more from this inspection
  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Feb 27, 20141 citation
  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

Jan 24, 20112 citations
  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(i)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 25, 2026
On file
10 visits since January 2011 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 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.

Aug 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · August 25, 2026

Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 151399 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 27, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 151399 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 5, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 151399 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 24, 2022

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 151399 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 13, 2018

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 151399 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 10, 2017

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 151399 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2015 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · January 20, 2015

General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(o)(1) through (p)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(o)(1) · 407.370(p)(3)

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 151399 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2014 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 27, 2014

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 151399 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2011 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 24, 2011

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · 407.210(i)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 151399 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

8154558555

Address
8900 Us Highway 14 Bldg C
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 "MCHENRY CTY COLLEGE CHILDRENS LRNG CTR" under Provider Name and 60012 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 151399).

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.