Oak Forest · Licensed center

Zpd Children Learning Center

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since May 2022.

Of the 157 Chicago-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 27% had rules cited at 6 of them, as this center did. 40% had rules cited at all 7.

Licensing inspections

Nov 4, 20255 citations

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(e)(2)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(2)

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2)

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)

1 more from this inspection

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b)

Dec 6, 20243 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(k)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

Dec 4, 20237 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(c)(6)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)

3 more from this inspection

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)

Dec 20, 20227 citations

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Personnel Records

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

3 more from this inspection

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Oct 19, 2022No rules cited
Aug 15, 20223 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(c)

  • Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10)

May 18, 20221 citation

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(a)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
November 4, 2025
On file
7 visits since May 2022 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was December 4, 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.

Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · November 4, 2025

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · 407.90(b)

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(e)(2) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(2) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605484 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · December 6, 2024

Organization and Administration

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

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Child Care Director

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605484 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · December 4, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (h) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(h)

Staffing Structure

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605484 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · December 20, 2022

Staffing Structure

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

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation substantiated

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

Grouping and Staffing

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

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605484 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Aug 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · August 15, 2022

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(c) through (e)(10) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(c) · 407.370(e)(10)

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605484 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 18, 2022

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605484 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

7083004546

Address
5101 159th 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 "ZPD CHILDREN LEARNING CENTER" under Provider Name and 60452 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 605484).

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.