Evanston · Licensed center

Toddler Town

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 13 of its 17 licensing inspections since June 2010.

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

Oct 8, 2024No rules cited
Aug 7, 2023No rules cited
Jul 27, 20233 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)

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

Sep 23, 20223 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(j)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)(7)

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)

May 2, 20222 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(a)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)

Dec 21, 20214 citations

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(g)

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)

Sep 21, 20211 citation

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

Sep 29, 20201 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Nov 21, 2019No rules cited
Sep 11, 20181 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Nov 7, 20172 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

Sep 8, 2017No rules cited
Aug 13, 20132 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a)

Oct 29, 20123 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Oct 4, 20116 citations

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i)(3)

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)(1)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

2 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(2)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)

Dec 23, 20101 citation

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)

Jun 9, 20101 citation

  • Program Requirements for All Ages

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
October 8, 2024
On file
17 visits since June 2010 — 4 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 1, 2023. 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.

Oct 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Aug 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 27, 2023

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)(6) · Violation corrected on site

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 322224 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 23, 2022

Organization and Administration

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

Staffing Structure

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)(7) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 322224 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · May 2, 2022

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(a) through (c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(a) · 407.250(c)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 322224 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2021 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · December 21, 2021

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation corrected on site

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected on site

Program Requirements for All Ages

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 322224 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 21, 2021

Grouping and Staffing

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 322224 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 29, 2020

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 322224 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2019 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Sep 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 11, 2018

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 322224 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2017 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · November 7, 2017

Grouping and Staffing

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 322224 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2017 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Aug 2013 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 13, 2013

Personnel Records

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

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 322224 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2012 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 29, 2012

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 322224 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2011 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · October 4, 2011

Personnel Records

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

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

Staffing Structure

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

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(2) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i)(3) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 322224 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2010 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · December 23, 2010

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 322224 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2010 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 9, 2010

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 322224 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
1501 Howard St
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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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 "TODDLER TOWN" under Provider Name and 60202 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 322224).

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.