Chicago · Licensed center

Stepping Stone Early Childhood Learning

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 14 of its 15 licensing inspections since February 2011.

Of the 860 Chicago-area centers with 10 or more licensing inspections, 78% had rules cited at some but not all of them, as this center did. 22% had rules cited at all of them.

Licensing inspections

Jan 22, 20262 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

Jan 16, 20251 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Jan 13, 20232 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

Oct 24, 20221 citation

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)

Jan 4, 20221 citation

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

Jan 21, 20209 citations

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(g)(2)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140

5 more from this inspection

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

Nov 22, 20191 citation

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)

Sep 24, 20191 citation

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)

Feb 19, 20193 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

May 16, 20174 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c)

Jan 25, 201713 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)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)

9 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)

  • Hand Washing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(c)

  • Hand Washing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(b)

Jan 13, 20161 citation

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(2)

Feb 26, 20144 citations

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)

Jun 1, 2012No rules cited
Feb 8, 20117 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

3 more from this inspection

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(19)

  • 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
January 22, 2026
On file
15 visits since February 2011 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was February 19, 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.

Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 22, 2026

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · 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 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 16, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 13, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · October 24, 2022

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 4, 2022

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · January 21, 2020

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)

Nutrition and Meal Service

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) through (l) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) · 407.330(l)

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140 · Violation corrected

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected on site

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(g)(2) · Violation corrected on site

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380 · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 22, 2019

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 24, 2019

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 19, 2019

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2017 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · May 16, 2017

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l) · Violation corrected on site

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation corrected on site

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2017 Monitoring visit 13 findings

Monitoring visit · January 25, 2017

General Requirements for Personnel

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(h)

Personnel Records

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(b) · 407.120(c)

Hand Washing

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a) · 407.320(b)

Organization and Administration

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2016 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 13, 2016

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2014 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · February 26, 2014

Personnel Records

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

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

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2012 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2011 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · February 8, 2011

Personnel Records

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

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) through (f)(19) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · 407.210(f)(19)

Staffing Structure

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 412108 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

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Address
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License
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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 "STEPPING STONE EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 412108).

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.