Tinley Park · Licensed center

Kid's Station Inc.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since May 2023.

Of the 105 Chicago-area centers with 3 licensing inspections, 58% had rules cited at all 3, as this center did. 10% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Apr 1, 20263 citations

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(f)

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)

May 5, 20252 citations

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)

May 16, 20231 citation

  • Personnel Records

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

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
April 1, 2026
On file
3 visits since May 2023 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was May 1, 2026. 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.

Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · April 1, 2026

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(2) · Violation substantiated

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · Violation substantiated

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(f) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 598455 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · May 5, 2025

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation substantiated

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 598455 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 16, 2023

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 598455 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

7086208336

Address
7777 W 159th St
License
license issued (il)

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All checked August 2026.

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KID'S STATION INC." under Provider Name and 60477 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 598455).

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