Westchester · Licensed center
Sticks And Stones Preschool
- Small center, licensed for 24 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since September 2022.
Of the 123 Chicago-area centers with 4 licensing inspections, 59% had rules cited at all 4, as this center did. 2% had none cited.
Licensing inspections
Sep 15, 20257 citations
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
3 more from this inspection
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Sep 10, 20243 citations
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Sep 18, 20233 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Sep 14, 20228 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
4 more from this inspection
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- September 15, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since September 2022 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 15, 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 7 findings
Monitoring visit · September 15, 2025
Personnel Records
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (e)(4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(4)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 603388 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · September 10, 2024
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l) · Violation corrected
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 603388 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · September 18, 2023
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) through (h) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · 407.100(h)
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 603388 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · September 14, 2022
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) through (i) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(i)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1) · 407.370(f)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 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 603388 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
- Address
- 1840 Westchester Blvd
- 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 "STICKS AND STONES PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60154 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 603388).
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.