Chicago · Licensed center

Northshore Academy For Children

Small center, licensed for 24 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 7 of its licensing inspections since July 2011.

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

Licensing inspections

Sep 13, 20241 citation

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(3)

Jul 7, 20212 citations

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)(2)

Jul 24, 20181 citation

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)

Jun 27, 20162 citations

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)

Jun 29, 20154 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

Jun 17, 20135 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(h)

1 more from this inspection

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

Jul 12, 20112 citations

Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: September 13, 2024
On file: 7 visits since July 2011 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was October 13, 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.

Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 13, 2024

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 044434 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 7, 2021

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) through (r)(2) · Violation corrected

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 044434 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 24, 2018

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 044434 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 27, 2016

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 044434 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2015 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · June 29, 2015

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)

Organization and Administration

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 044434 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2013 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · June 17, 2013

Personnel Records

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

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

Equipment and Materials

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(h) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(h) · 407.380(j)(5)

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 044434 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2011 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 12, 2011

Personnel Records

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(a) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 044434 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

7737434744

Address: 1754 W Devon Ave # 56
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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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 "NORTHSHORE ACADEMY FOR CHILDREN" under Provider Name and 60660 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 044434).

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.