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The Learning Hills

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 8 of its 10 licensing inspections since August 2021.

Of the 859 Chicago-area centers with 10 or more licensing inspections, 78% had rules cited at some but not all of them, as this center did. 22% had rules cited at all of them.

Licensing inspections

May 29, 20265 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)

1 more from this inspection

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1)

Jan 26, 20265 citations

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(e)(4)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

  • Personnel Records

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

1 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

Aug 4, 20253 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

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

Jul 15, 20251 citation

  • Guidance and Discipline — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(g)

Aug 6, 20241 citation

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(3)

Jun 25, 20244 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

Feb 22, 2024No rules cited
Jul 10, 20234 citations

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(3)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(g)

Mar 1, 2023No rules cited
Aug 17, 20216 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

2 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
May 29, 2026
On file
10 visits since August 2021 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was June 28, 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.

May 2026 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · May 29, 2026

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 601027 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · January 26, 2026

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(e)(4) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 601027 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · August 4, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) through (f) · Violation corrected

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

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 601027 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 15, 2025

Guidance and Discipline — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made

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

Illinois does not publish what came of a report; that investigation is confidential.

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 601027 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 6, 2024

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 601027 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · June 25, 2024

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(e)(6) · 407.370(r)(3)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 601027 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · July 10, 2023

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(3) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(g) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 601027 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Aug 2021 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · August 17, 2021

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)

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) through (d) · Violation corrected

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

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 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 601027 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

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Address
40 W Acorn Ln Unit A
License
license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

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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 "THE LEARNING HILLS" under Provider Name and 60156 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 601027).

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.