Oak Park · Licensed center

Pilgrim Community Preschool

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 6 of its licensing inspections since May 2017.

Of the 133 Chicago-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 38% had rules cited at all 6, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Apr 24, 20269 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)

5 more from this inspection

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)

  • Personnel Records

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

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

May 27, 20251 citation

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)

May 2, 20243 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

May 9, 20231 citation

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

Jun 13, 20225 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)

1 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

May 5, 20179 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b)

5 more from this inspection

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(f)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
April 24, 2026
On file
6 visits since May 2017 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was May 24, 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.

Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · April 24, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(f)

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(6)

Organization and Administration

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

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · 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 038118 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 27, 2025

Organization and Administration

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 038118 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · May 2, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)(2) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 038118 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 9, 2023

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 038118 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · June 13, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (i) · Violation corrected

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 038118 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2017 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · May 5, 2017

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(6)

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(f) · Violation corrected

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 038118 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

7088485869

Address
460 Lake Street
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 "PILGRIM COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60302 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 038118).

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.