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Creative Minds Development Center

3748 W MONTROSE AVE, Chicago, IL 60618

Day Care Center · Licensed · Licensed since 2019

Serious concerns

GoldiCheck · State record

3 outstanding (past-deadline) violations: 407190, 407210C5, 407330G1

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Category check

No serious safety issues right now; some safety areas have past or minor findings.

Safety

can be flagged serious
  • Background checks
  • Supervision
  • Discipline
  • Health & sanitation4
  • Building safety

Administrative

records, staffing & routine — minor
  • Staff-to-child ratios1
  • Staff training1
  • Paperwork / records1
  • Operations3

Key findings

Most recent or most severe violations based on your filters.

407100C6Staff trainingSubstantiated (plan issued)

Annual 15-hour in-service training not completed

2026-02-23
407310A3Health & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Child health record or immunization requirement not met

2026-02-23
407190Staff-to-child ratiosPast deadline — not corrected

Required staff-to-child ratio was not maintained

2024-03-05

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

All violations

10 violations shown (107 outside lookback window)

DCFS SunshineSearch Provider #574153
Health & sanitation(4)
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407310A3Health & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Child health record or immunization requirement not met

2026-02-23
407320A8Health & sanitationCorrected

Hand washing or hygiene requirement not met

2024-03-05
407330G1Health & sanitationPast deadline — not corrected

Nutrition or meal service requirement not met

2024-03-05

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

407340K1Health & sanitationCorrected

Diapering or toileting requirement not met

2024-03-05
Staff-to-child ratios(1)
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407190Staff-to-child ratiosPast deadline — not corrected

Required staff-to-child ratio was not maintained

2024-03-05

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

Staff training(1)
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407100C6Staff trainingSubstantiated (plan issued)

Annual 15-hour in-service training not completed

2026-02-23
Paperwork / records(1)
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407120A2Paperwork / recordkeepingCorrected

Personnel records or documentation requirement not met

2024-03-05
Operations(3)
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407210C5OperationsPast deadline — not corrected

Infant & toddler special requirement not met

2024-03-05

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

407210BOperationsCorrected

Infant & toddler special requirement not met

2024-03-05
407210H8OperationsCorrected

Infant & toddler special requirement not met

2024-03-05
How we rate this daycareIllinois DCFS records

DCFS doesn't grade violations, so we classify each citation by the rule it cites: rules tied to immediate child safety (supervision, background checks, discipline, and the higher-risk building and health rules) are red; administrative rules (ratios, training, paperwork) are yellow. Classification is per citation, so two findings in the same category can differ.

🔴 Serious concerns — any of:

  • A child-safety (red) violation is still unresolved — past its correction deadline, or cited again as a repeat
  • DCFS issued a Protective Plan — a formal finding of an active risk to a child
  • 2 or more violations are past their correction deadline

🟡 Watch carefully — any of:

  • A child-safety (red) violation was corrected or is being corrected
  • 3 or more administrative (yellow) violations
  • 1 violation is past its correction deadline
  • An active corrective plan — DCFS formally required a fix

🟢 Clean

Actively licensed, with no violations (or only minor, corrected ones) in your lookback window.

Data sourced from Illinois DCFS (DCFS Sunshine). Last updated: Aug 7, 2026. GoldiCheck is not affiliated with DCFS. Always verify with the DCFS Sunshine record (search Provider #574153).