Evanston · Licensed center

Puerta Abierta Preschool

Small center, licensed for 46 children.
Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
Shortlist has found no website for it yet.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 9 of its licensing inspections since September 2010.

Of the 122 Chicago-area centers with 9 licensing inspections, 34% had rules cited at all 9, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Dec 20, 20234 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(h)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(i)
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)

Sep 19, 20226 citations

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)(1)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)(2)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

2 more from this inspection

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Sep 21, 20213 citations

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)(2)(c)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Sep 11, 20183 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)

Jun 9, 20163 citations

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)(2)

Sep 15, 20144 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a)

Oct 17, 20123 citations

Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)(a)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(d)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)(b)

Mar 8, 20111 citation

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

Sep 16, 20106 citations

Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(1)(a)
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(1)(b)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)

2 more from this inspection

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(2)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: December 20, 2023
On file: 9 visits since September 2010 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was January 20, 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.

Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · December 20, 2023

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(h) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(h) · 407.310(i)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 391046 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · September 19, 2022

Personnel Records

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

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)(1) · 407.370(p)(2)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · 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 391046 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2021 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 21, 2021

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)(2)(c) · 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 391046 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 11, 2018

Personnel Records

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

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

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 391046 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2016 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · June 9, 2016

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 391046 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2014 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · September 15, 2014

Personnel Records

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

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

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 391046 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2012 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 17, 2012

Equipment and Materials

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(d) through (5)(b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(d) · 407.380(j)(5)(a) · 407.380(j)(5)(b)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 391046 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2011 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 8, 2011

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 391046 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2010 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · September 16, 2010

Outdoor Play Area

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(1)(a) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(1)(a) · 407.390(i)(1)(b) · 407.390(i)(2)

Personnel Records

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 391046 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

8473281491

Address: 933 Chicago Ave
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "PUERTA ABIERTA PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60202 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 391046).
Who runs it — Checked October 2026 projects.propublica.org

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.