Chicago · Licensed center

Stepping Stones Nursery School

Medium center, licensed for 51 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since August 2024.

Of the 106 Chicago-area centers with 3 licensing inspections, 58% had rules cited at all 3, as this center did. 10% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Feb 20, 20264 citations

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

Dec 10, 20242 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)

Aug 26, 20243 citations

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(i)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(h)

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: February 20, 2026
On file: 3 visits since August 2024 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was March 22, 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.

Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · February 20, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) through (f) · Violation substantiated

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation substantiated

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 623283 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · December 10, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · 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 623283 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · August 26, 2024

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(h) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(h) · 407.310(i)

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 623283 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

7739047090

Address: 5910 W Montrose Ave
License: license issued (il)

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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 NURSERY SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60634 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 623283).

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.