States / Illinois
Child care software for Illinois centers
The parts of running a center that depend on your state, set up for Illinois instead of left for you to build.
Immunizations by your state's schedule
Each child's vaccines are checked against the CDC childhood schedule for their age, so the office sees who is due.
Illinois licensing forms, ready to send to families
2 official forms, fetched from the state's own site and kept in Farlow's form library. Pick one, mark where the answers go, and families fill it in and sign on their phone, with reminders until it comes back. Each name below opens the form on the state's own site.
Illinois DCFS, Day Care Licensing
- Certificate of Child Health Examination (CFS 600) (2 pages, checked )
- Certificate of Child Health Examination (CFS 600-S, Spanish) (2 pages, checked )
The date by each form is the day Farlow last matched it against the state's site. A weekly check flags any link that stops working or whose file changes. States revise their forms, and the state's site has the current one.
Staff-child ratios in Illinois
From Licensing Standards for Day Care Centers, 23 Ill. Adm. Code 2008.190, Grouping and Staffing (ages: 2008.45). In Farlow you set these bands once, and every room is counted against them as children check in and out.
| Age | Children per staff member | Largest group |
|---|---|---|
| Infants, 6 weeks through 14 months | 4 | 12 |
| Toddlers, 15 through 23 months | 5 | 15 |
| 2 year olds | 8 | 16 |
| 3 year olds | 10 | 20 |
| 4 year olds | 10 | 20 |
| 5 year olds (preschool) | 20 | 20 |
| School age, with kindergartners present | 20 | 30 |
In a group of mixed ages, the youngest child's ratio and group size apply to the whole group (23 Ill. Adm. Code 2008.190(c)).
Only these ages may share a group: infants, toddlers and two year olds; two through five year olds; four through six year olds. Children of all ages may be together in the first and last hour of a program open 10 or more hours (23 Ill. Adm. Code 2008.190(d)).
Read on November 1, 2026 from the state's published rule. The rule itself is what an inspector goes by.
Licensing forms and ratios for other states
And everything else a center runs on
Running a center in Illinois? Get Farlow for your center
Farlow is free while it is in early access. Signing in to the app is by invitation only for now, so tell us about your center with this form and we will write back to set up your account and a walkthrough.
Work at a center that uses Farlow, or have a child there? Ask your director for an invitation.