St Charles · Licensed center

Seeds Of Early Learning Academy

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since January 2024.

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

Licensing inspections

Dec 9, 20253 citations

  • Staffing Structure

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

  • Staffing Structure

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

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

May 6, 202511 citations

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i)(1)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Staffing Structure

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

7 more from this inspection

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(b)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(m)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

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

Dec 17, 202418 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(h)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

14 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)

  • Staffing Structure

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

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(f)

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

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

Mar 28, 20242 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

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

Jan 25, 20241 citation

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
December 9, 2025
On file
5 visits since January 2024 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was January 8, 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.

Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · December 9, 2025

Staffing Structure

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · 407.90(d)(1)

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 624556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2025 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · May 6, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (7) · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7)

Qualifications for Child Care Director

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i)(1) through (m) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i)(1) · 407.130(m)

Organization and Administration

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

Staffing Structure

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

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Rule cited again

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

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again

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

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 624556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2024 Monitoring visit 18 findings

Monitoring visit · December 17, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (8) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(c)(8)

Health Requirements for Children

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5)

Equipment and Materials

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(f) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(f) · 407.380(h)

Staffing Structure

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10) · 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 624556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 28, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · 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 624556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 25, 2024

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 624556 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.

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6309453657

Address
716 Oak St
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 — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SEEDS OF EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60174 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 624556).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SEEDS OF EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60174 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 624556).

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.