Chicago · Licensed center

Smart Learning Center Site C

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since October 2015.

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

Licensing inspections

Sep 11, 20252 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)

Aug 6, 20246 citations

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(f)(3)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Transportation

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(d)

2 more from this inspection

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(c)

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(j)

Jul 28, 20221 citation

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

Jul 11, 20175 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

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

1 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

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

Oct 15, 20152 citations

  • 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
September 11, 2025
On file
5 visits since October 2015 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was October 11, 2025. 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.

Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · September 11, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 533455 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · August 6, 2024

Program Requirements for All Ages

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(f)(3) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(f)(3) · 407.200(j)

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Transportation

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(d) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

Napping and Sleeping

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 533455 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 28, 2022

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 533455 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2017 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · July 11, 2017

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(p)(1) · 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 533455 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2015 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · October 15, 2015

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected on site

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 533455 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

7735238668

Website
smartlearningcenter.weebly.com
Address
3165 S Archer Ave
License
pending renewal application (rn)
Ownership
For-profit

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State record

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

Details

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.