Chicago · Licensed center

Kaleido Kids

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since October 2016.

Of the 130 Chicago-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 45% had rules cited at all 5, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Nov 4, 20257 citations

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)(3)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11)

3 more from this inspection

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

Nov 1, 20232 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(3)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

Oct 12, 20223 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(2)

Aug 27, 20193 citations

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)

Oct 4, 20162 citations

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(e)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
November 4, 2025
On file
5 visits since October 2016 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was December 4, 2025. Illinois DCFS does not publish whether it was made.
Most serious
Illinois DCFS does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

Illinois DCFS cites each subsection of a rule separately, so one audit of a filing cabinet can produce ten citations. It publishes the rule’s title and a correction deadline, but no description of what was observed.

Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · November 4, 2025

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) through (r)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(3) · 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(f)(2) · 407.370(r)(3)

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected on site

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544007 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · November 1, 2023

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(3) · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544007 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 12, 2022

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (e)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(e)(2)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544007 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · August 27, 2019

Equipment and Materials

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) · 407.380(j)(5)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544007 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · October 4, 2016

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(e) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544007 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

Details

6307767915

Address
2157 N Damen Ave # 1b
License
license issued (il)

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All checked July 2026.

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KALEIDO KIDS" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 544007).

Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.