Small Stride Academy
Day Care Center · Pending renewal application · Licensed since 2002
GoldiCheck · State record
2 outstanding (past-deadline) violations: 407250I4A, 407100I
Category check
No serious safety issues right now; some safety areas have past or minor findings.
Safety
can be flagged seriousKey findings
Most recent or most severe violations based on your filters.
Background check NOT completed or documented for personnel (or probationary employee left unsupervised with children)
This citation applies when required background-check documentation is missing or incomplete for personnel, or when a probationary employee is documented unsupervised with children. DCFS classifies background-check compliance as a critical safety standard, which is why this category is treated as high-risk.
All violations
40 violations shown (77 outside lookback window)
Background checks(3)
Background check NOT completed or documented for personnel (or probationary employee left unsupervised with children)
This citation applies when required background-check documentation is missing or incomplete for personnel, or when a probationary employee is documented unsupervised with children. DCFS classifies background-check compliance as a critical safety standard, which is why this category is treated as high-risk.
Background check not completed for a household or non-staff member
Background check not completed for a household or non-staff member
Health & sanitation(1)
Nutrition or meal service requirement not met
Building safety(2)
Indoor facility or space safety requirement not met
Indoor facility or space safety requirement not met
Staff-to-child ratios(2)
Required staff-to-child ratio was not maintained
Required staff-to-child ratio was not maintained
Staff training(15)
Annual 15-clock-hour in-service training requirement not met
Biennial staff physical re-examination not completed
Organization and administration requirement not met (§407.70 general)
Early childhood teacher qualification not met
Early childhood assistant qualification not met
Student or youth aide requirement not met
Annual 15-hour in-service training not completed
Biennial staff physical re-examination not completed
Required pre-service or early in-service training not completed (mandated reporter, life safety, emergency plan, communicable disease)
Staff orientation — required document reviews not recorded in personnel files
Staff qualification or training requirement not met
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Organization and administration requirement not met (§407.70 general)
Early childhood teacher qualification not met
Early childhood assistant qualification not met
Student or youth aide requirement not met
Paperwork / records(9)
Enrollment or discharge procedure not followed
Enrollment or discharge procedure not followed
Enrollment or discharge procedure not followed
Personnel records or documentation requirement not met
Personnel records or documentation requirement not met
Confidentiality of records requirement not met
Enrollment or discharge procedure not followed
Enrollment or discharge procedure not followed
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Enrollment or discharge procedure not followed
Operations(8)
License provision not met
Substitute staff requirement not met
Volunteer requirement not met
Program operations requirement not met
Infant & toddler special requirement not met
Risk management plan not developed or maintained as required
License provision not met
Substitute staff requirement not met
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 #398740).