Chicago · Licensed center
The Garden Of Heaven Childcare Academy
- Medium center, licensed for 76 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since December 2020.
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
Dec 15, 20233 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
Dec 13, 202211 citations
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11)
7 more from this inspection
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(f)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Dec 17, 20207 citations
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(2)
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(d)(2)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)
3 more from this inspection
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(8)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(b)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(6)
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- December 15, 2023
- On file
- 3 visits since December 2020 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 15, 2024. 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.
Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · December 15, 2023
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation substantiated
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation substantiated
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 584894 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 11 findings
Monitoring visit · December 13, 2022
Personnel Records
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (e)(5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(4) · 407.120(e)(5)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) through (11) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(e)(11)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(f) · 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 584894 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2020 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · December 17, 2020
Nutrition and Meal Service
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(2) through (h) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)(2) · 407.330(h)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(6) · Violation corrected
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(b) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Violation corrected
Napping and Sleeping
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(d)(2) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(8) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 584894 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, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Who cares for your child
Denieke Howard - Purnell (Executive Director), 20 years in early childhood.
Details
- Website
- thegardenofheaven.org
- Address
- 7634 S Ashland Ave
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
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Who cares for your child
- Staff thegardenofheaven.org
State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "THE GARDEN OF HEAVEN CHILDCARE ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 584894).
- Website — Checked August 2026 thegardenofheaven.org
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.