Chicago · Licensed center

Young Scholars Academy Inc

Small center, licensed for 45 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since February 2017.

Of the 130 Chicago-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 45% had rules cited at all 5, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Jan 28, 20254 citations

Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)(3)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(1)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(k)

Apr 9, 20241 citation

Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

Mar 19, 20241 citation

Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(o)

Feb 11, 202116 citations

Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

12 more from this inspection

Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(b)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1)(a)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1)(b)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1)(c)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)(1)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)

Feb 7, 201715 citations

Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(3)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(n)

11 more from this inspection

Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(f)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)
Qualifications for Child Care Director
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(j)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: January 28, 2025
On file: 5 visits since February 2017 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was February 28, 2025. 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 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 28, 2025

Qualifications for Child Care Director

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(k) through (l)(1) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(k) · 407.130(l)(1)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)(3) · Violation substantiated

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546795 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 9, 2024

Background Checks for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546795 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 19, 2024

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(o) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546795 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2021 Monitoring visit 16 findings

Monitoring visit · February 11, 2021

General Requirements for Personnel

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(2) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(f) · 407.100(h)

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) through (1)(c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · 407.260(f)(1) · 407.260(f)(1)(a) · 407.260(f)(1)(b) · 407.260(f)(1)(c)

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)

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

Staffing Structure

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546795 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2017 Monitoring visit 15 findings

Monitoring visit · February 7, 2017

Health Requirements for Children

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) · 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5)

Organization and Administration

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 407.70(f) · 407.70(l)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)(3)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f) through (n) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f) · 407.370(n)

Personnel Records

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

Equipment and Materials

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546795 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

7732382240

Address: 10926 S Western Ave
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked July 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 "YOUNG SCHOLARS ACADEMY INC" under Provider Name and 60643 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 546795).

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