Chicago · Licensed center

Roots Early Learning Center LLC

What the state has found

The state cited rules at both of its licensing inspections since March 2026.

Of the 90 Chicago-area centers with 2 licensing inspections, 61% had rules cited at both, as this center did. 13% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Aug 25, 202611 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

7 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • 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(a)(6)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

Mar 16, 20263 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 25, 2026
On file
2 visits since March 2026 — both cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 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.

Aug 2026 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · August 25, 2026

Personnel Records

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(6) · 407.120(b)

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (7) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7)

Organization and Administration

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 640901 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 16, 2026

Organization and Administration

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 640901 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

7736776405

Website
rootsearlylearning.com
Address
1604 N Richmond St
License
license issued (il)
Ownership
For-profit

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State record

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

Details

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.