Carol Stream · Licensed center

Stepping Stones Early Childhood Center

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 3 of its 11 licensing inspections since December 2020.

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

Mar 6, 2026No rules cited
Feb 5, 20251 citation

  • Personnel Records

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

Feb 2, 2024No rules cited
Oct 27, 2023No rules cited
Apr 27, 2023No rules cited
Dec 21, 2022No rules cited
Nov 28, 2022No rules cited
Apr 29, 20224 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(4)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(10)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(1)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(2)

Dec 21, 20215 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(h)

1 more from this inspection

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

Oct 14, 2021No rules cited
Dec 3, 2020No rules cited
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
March 6, 2026
On file
11 visits since December 2020 — 8 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 7, 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.

Mar 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 5, 2025

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Oct 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Apr 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Dec 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Nov 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Apr 2022 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 29, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(4) through (10) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(4) · 407.100(a)(10)

Guidance and Discipline

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(1) · 407.270(c)(2)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 582645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2021 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · December 21, 2021

Organization and Administration

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(h) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · 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 582645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Dec 2020 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

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

6306823598

Address
925 E Geneva Rd
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked August 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 STONES EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER" under Provider Name and 60188 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 582645).

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.