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Paulo Freire Center

1653 W 43RD ST, Chicago, IL 60609

Day Care Center · Pending renewal application · Licensed since 2001

Watch carefully

GoldiCheck · State record

10 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 training2
  • Paperwork / records6
  • Operations1

Key findings

Most recent or most severe violations based on your filters.

407200POperationsCorrected

Program operations requirement not met

2025-01-08
407190AStaff-to-child ratiosCorrected

Required staff-to-child ratio was not maintained

2024-12-20
407100FStaff trainingCorrected

Biennial staff physical re-examination not completed

2024-12-10

All violations

10 violations shown (75 outside lookback window)

DCFS SunshineSearch Provider #393018
Staff-to-child ratios(1)
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407190AStaff-to-child ratiosCorrected

Required staff-to-child ratio was not maintained

2024-12-20
Staff training(2)
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407100FStaff trainingCorrected

Biennial staff physical re-examination not completed

2024-12-10
407100DStaff trainingCorrected

Pre-employment physical exam or TB screening missing

2023-10-05
Paperwork / records(6)
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407120A1Paperwork / recordkeepingCorrected

Personnel records or documentation requirement not met

2024-12-10
407120E5Paperwork / recordkeepingCorrected

Personnel records or documentation requirement not met

2024-12-10
407120E2Paperwork / recordkeepingCorrected

Personnel records or documentation requirement not met

2024-12-10
407120E1Paperwork / recordkeepingCorrected

Personnel records or documentation requirement not met

2024-12-10
407120A1Paperwork / recordkeepingCorrected

Personnel records or documentation requirement not met

2023-10-05
407120BPaperwork / recordkeepingCorrected

Personnel records or documentation requirement not met

2023-10-05
Operations(1)
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407200POperationsCorrected

Program operations requirement not met

2025-01-08
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 #393018).