Chicago · Licensed center

Reach Higher Learning Center Wells

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since May 2023.

Of the 130 Chicago-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 45% had rules cited at all 5, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Apr 21, 20267 citations

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(e)(2)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

  • Special Requirements for School-Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(j)

3 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2)

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

Apr 18, 20242 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

Jul 21, 20233 citations

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j)

Jun 28, 20233 citations

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)

May 25, 20234 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
April 21, 2026
On file
5 visits since May 2023 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was June 21, 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 7 findings

Monitoring visit · April 21, 2026

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · Violation substantiated

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(e)(2) · Violation substantiated

Special Requirements for School-Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(j) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(a) · Violation substantiated

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation substantiated

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h) · Violation substantiated

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 615714 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 18, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 615714 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 21, 2023

Staffing Structure

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 615714 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · June 28, 2023

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 615714 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · May 25, 2023

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6) through (b) · Violation corrected

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

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(e)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 615714 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

3122651222

Address
3018 S Wells St
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked July 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 "REACH HIGHER LEARNING CENTER WELLS" under Provider Name and 60616 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 615714).

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.