Chicago · Licensed center

The Goddard School-Chicago

Medium center, licensed for 112 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since June 2018.

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

Apr 23, 202614 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2)

10 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)

Sep 26, 20247 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24)

3 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(5)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)

Oct 16, 20183 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Jun 12, 20181 citation

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: April 23, 2026
On file: 4 visits since June 2018 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was May 8, 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 14 findings

Monitoring visit · April 23, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (i) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(i)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) through (r) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) · 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(r)

Equipment and Materials

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) · 407.380(j)(5)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation substantiated

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 567159 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · September 26, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

Personnel Records

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(5) · 407.120(a)(6)

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(24) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 567159 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 16, 2018

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)

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 567159 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 12, 2018

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 567159 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

7734551000

Address: 1141 W Armitage Ave
License: pending renewal application (rn)
Ownership: For-profit

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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 GODDARD SCHOOL-CHICAGO" under Provider Name and 60614 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 567159).
Ownership — Checked October 2026 data.cityofchicago.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.