Chicago · Licensed center
Sunflower Early Learning Academy
- Small center, licensed for 48 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since May 2022.
Of the 123 Chicago-area centers with 4 licensing inspections, 22% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this center did. 59% had rules cited at all 4, 2% at none.
Licensing inspections
Nov 19, 20253 citations
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
Oct 18, 20231 citation
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Oct 19, 20224 citations
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(2)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
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State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- November 19, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since May 2022 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 19, 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.
Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · November 19, 2025
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · 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 602389 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 18, 2023
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 602389 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · October 19, 2022
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation substantiated
Qualifications for Child Care Director
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(2) · Violation substantiated
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation substantiated
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 602389 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
- 5404 W Devon Ave
- License
- license issued (il)
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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 "SUNFLOWER EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60646 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 602389).
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.