Dolton · Licensed center

Our Shining Star Academy Inc

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since September 2019.

Of the 157 Chicago-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 27% had rules cited at 6 of them, as this center did. 40% had rules cited at all 7.

Licensing inspections

Jun 26, 202516 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(a)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(m)

12 more from this inspection

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(h)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(d)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(5)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)(9)

  • Transportation

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(d)

  • Transportation

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(q)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

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

Aug 14, 20246 citations

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

2 more from this inspection

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

Jul 25, 202314 citations

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

10 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(5)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(4)(b)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)

  • Staffing Structure

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

  • Staffing Structure

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

May 4, 2023No rules cited
Jun 1, 20211 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Jul 27, 20201 citation

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(7)

Sep 27, 20198 citations

  • Grouping and Staffing

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

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(8)

4 more from this inspection

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(11)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3)

  • Transportation

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(d)

  • Special Requirements for School-Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(c)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
June 26, 2025
On file
7 visits since September 2019 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was July 28, 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.

Jun 2025 Monitoring visit 16 findings

Monitoring visit · June 26, 2025

Personnel Records

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (e)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(d) · 407.120(e)(5)

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)(9) through (i)(2)(a) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)(9) · 407.250(i)(2)(a)

Transportation

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(d) through (q) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(d) · 407.280(q)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(m) · Violation substantiated

Health Requirements for Children

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected

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

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

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 579895 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · August 14, 2024

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (f)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(e)(4) · 407.120(f)(2)

Organization and Administration

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 579895 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 14 findings

Monitoring visit · July 25, 2023

Personnel Records

7 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (f)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(4) · 407.120(e)(5) · 407.120(f)(2)

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) through (d)(1) · Violation corrected

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

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l) · 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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(4)(b) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 579895 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jun 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 1, 2021

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 579895 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 27, 2020

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(7) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 579895 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · September 27, 2019

Grouping and Staffing

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) through (e)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · 407.190(e)(1)

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(8) through (11) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(8) · 407.210(f)(11)

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5) · Violation corrected

Special Requirements for School-Age Children

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3) · Violation corrected

Transportation

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 579895 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

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Address
785 E 142nd St
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 "OUR SHINING STAR ACADEMY INC" under Provider Name and 60419 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 579895).

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.