Chicago · Licensed center

The Learning Experience

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 2 of its 4 licensing inspections since July 2018.

Of the 123 Chicago-area centers with 4 licensing inspections, 14% had rules cited at 2 of them, as this center did. 59% had rules cited at all 4, 2% at none.

Licensing inspections

Aug 3, 20222 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)

Oct 16, 2020No rules cited
Feb 4, 2019No rules cited
Jul 26, 20182 citations

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 3, 2022
On file
4 visits since July 2018 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 2, 2022. 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.

Aug 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 3, 2022

Personnel Records

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 560866 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2020 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2019 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jul 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 26, 2018

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 560866 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

7737547984

Address
4110 W Peterson Ave
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE" under Provider Name and 60646 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 560866).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE" under Provider Name and 60646 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 560866).

Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.