Chicago · Licensed center

Stepping Stone Scholars

What the state has found

The state cited rules at its 1 licensing inspection, in September 2026.

Of the 55 Chicago-area centers with 1 licensing inspection, 82% had rules cited at it, as this center did. 18% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Sep 4, 20265 citations

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(5)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(4)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

1 more from this inspection

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
September 4, 2026
On file
1 visit, September 2026 — it cited findings
Fixed?
Correction was due October 4, 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.

Sep 2026 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 4, 2026

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(5) through (f)(7) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(5) · 407.210(f)(7)

Health Requirements for Children

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

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)(4) · Violation corrected on site

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 648997 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

3123633830

Address
2416 S Michigan Ave
License
permit issued (ip)

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All checked August 2026.

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 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 SCHOLARS" under Provider Name and 60616 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 648997).

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.