Evanston · Licensed center

The Total Child Center

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 9 of its licensing inspections since March 2011.

Of the 122 Chicago-area centers with 9 licensing inspections, 34% had rules cited at all 9, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Jan 18, 20242 citations

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(m)

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

Jan 24, 202311 citations

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

7 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(3)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

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

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

Dec 6, 20212 citations

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(5)

Jan 8, 20191 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Jan 12, 20183 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

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

May 24, 20165 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • 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)

Feb 6, 20132 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Personnel Records

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

Jan 30, 20121 citation

  • Personnel Records

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

Mar 8, 20115 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(2)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

1 more from this inspection

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(3)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 18, 2024
On file
9 visits since March 2011 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was February 18, 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.

Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 18, 2024

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(m) · 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 007064 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · January 24, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (d) · Violation corrected

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

Personnel Records

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

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

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(3) · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

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

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, CCASEC4.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · 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 007064 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · December 6, 2021

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r) · Violation substantiated

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 007064 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 8, 2019

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 007064 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · January 12, 2018

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)(4) · 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 007064 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2016 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · May 24, 2016

Personnel Records

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 007064 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2013 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 6, 2013

Personnel Records

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 007064 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2012 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 30, 2012

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 007064 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2011 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · March 8, 2011

Organization and Administration

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) · 407.70(e)(2) · 407.70(e)(3)

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 007064 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

8478647100

Address
516 Church St
License
license issued (il)

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All checked August 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 "THE TOTAL CHILD CENTER" under Provider Name and 60201 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 007064).

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.