Chicago · Licensed center

Sweet Pea Academy

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 5 of its 6 licensing inspections since August 2016.

Of the 133 Chicago-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 29% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this center did. 38% had rules cited at all 6.

Licensing inspections

Apr 30, 202610 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)

6 more from this inspection

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Feb 2, 20245 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)

1 more from this inspection

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11)

Feb 7, 202311 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j)

7 more from this inspection

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(1)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Nov 22, 20227 citations

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1)(e)

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f)

3 more from this inspection

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(9)(e)

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(g)

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(1)

Aug 26, 2020No rules cited
Aug 30, 20167 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(c)

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(k)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)

3 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
April 30, 2026
On file
6 visits since August 2016 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was June 1, 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.

Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · April 30, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(f)

Organization and Administration

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) through (k) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 407.70(k)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(6)

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 524985 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · February 2, 2024

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) through (f) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(f)

Organization and Administration

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

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 524985 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2023 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · February 7, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (8) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(c)(8)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j) through (l)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j) · 407.130(l)(1)

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 524985 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · November 22, 2022

Outdoor Play Area

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f) through (l)(9)(e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f) · 407.390(g) · 407.390(l) · 407.390(l)(1) · 407.390(l)(9)(e)

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1)(e) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 524985 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2020 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Aug 2016 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · August 30, 2016

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (7) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7)

Personnel Records

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(k) · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 524985 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

7732392322

Address
1414 W 87th St
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked July 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 "SWEET PEA ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 524985).

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.