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Literacy Zone, Inc.

5831 S WESTERN AVE, Chicago, IL 60636

Day Care Center · Licensed · Licensed since 2013

Watch carefully

GoldiCheck · State record

12 administrative violations in the last 3 year(s)

Category check

All safety areas pass.

Safety

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

Administrative

records, staffing & routine — minor
  • Staff-to-child ratios1
  • Staff training3
  • Paperwork / records1
  • Operations7

Key findings

Most recent or most severe violations based on your filters.

407140Staff trainingIn compliance

Early childhood teacher qualification not met

2026-06-11
407150Staff trainingIn compliance

Early childhood assistant qualification not met

2026-06-11
407160Staff trainingIn compliance

Student or youth aide requirement not met

2026-06-11

All violations

12 violations shown (5 outside lookback window)

DCFS SunshineSearch Provider #524676
Staff-to-child ratios(1)
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407190Staff-to-child ratiosIn compliance

Required staff-to-child ratio was not maintained

2026-06-11
Staff training(3)
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407140Staff trainingIn compliance

Early childhood teacher qualification not met

2026-06-11
407150Staff trainingIn compliance

Early childhood assistant qualification not met

2026-06-11
407160Staff trainingIn compliance

Student or youth aide requirement not met

2026-06-11
Paperwork / records(1)
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407250Paperwork / recordkeepingIn compliance

Enrollment or discharge procedure not followed

2026-06-11
Operations(7)
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407170OperationsIn compliance

Substitute staff requirement not met

2026-06-11
407180OperationsIn compliance

Volunteer requirement not met

2026-06-11
407200OperationsIn compliance

Program operations requirement not met

2026-06-11
407210OperationsIn compliance

Infant & toddler special requirement not met

2026-06-11
407220OperationsIn compliance

School-age program requirement not met

2026-06-11
407230OperationsIn compliance

Intergenerational program requirement not met

2026-06-11
407240OperationsIn compliance

Evening/night/weekend/holiday care requirement not met

2026-06-11
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 #524676).