Bolingbrook · Licensed center

Kiddie Academy Bolingbrook

Large center, licensed for 166 children.
A Kiddie Academy franchise. The brand is owned by Essential Brands, Inc., a privately held company.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 9 of its 14 licensing inspections since May 2013.

Of the 860 Chicago-area centers with 10 or more licensing inspections, 78% had rules cited at some but not all of them, as this center did. 22% had rules cited at all of them.

Licensing inspections

Apr 9, 20264 citations

Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e)
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

Oct 29, 2025No rules cited

Jun 4, 2025No rules cited

Apr 10, 20256 citations

Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(f)(1)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(a)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)

2 more from this inspection

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g)

Jul 24, 2023No rules cited

Apr 26, 20231 citation

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

Oct 24, 20221 citation

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(e)

Mar 18, 20224 citations

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5)

May 16, 20193 citations

Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f)
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p)

Apr 5, 2018No rules cited

Oct 26, 2017No rules cited

Jun 2, 20151 citation

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(i)(1)

Sep 17, 20144 citations

General Requirements for Personnel — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(10)
Guidance and Discipline — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(11)
General Requirements for Personnel — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(3)

May 13, 20131 citation

Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: April 9, 2026
On file: 14 visits since May 2013 — 5 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was May 9, 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 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 9, 2026

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation corrected

Medications

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e) · Violation corrected

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509950 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jun 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · April 10, 2025

Nutrition and Meal Service

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(a) through (g) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(a) · 407.330(f)(1) · 407.330(g)

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(6)

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509950 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 26, 2023

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509950 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · October 24, 2022

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(e) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509950 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 18, 2022

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) · 407.90(a)(5)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509950 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · May 16, 2019

Program Requirements for All Ages

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p) through (r) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p) · 407.200(r)

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509950 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Oct 2017 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jun 2015 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 2, 2015

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509950 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2014 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · September 17, 2014

General Requirements for Personnel — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(3) through (11) · Violation corrected

Illinois does not publish what came of a report; that investigation is confidential.

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(3) · 407.100(a)(10) · 407.100(a)(11)

Guidance and Discipline — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Violation corrected

Illinois does not publish what came of a report; that investigation is confidential.

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509950 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2013 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 13, 2013

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(k) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509950 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

7086381745

Address: 540 W Boughton Rd Ste A
License: license issued (il)

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State record

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

Details

Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KIDDIE ACADEMY BOLINGBROOK" under Provider Name and 60440 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 509950).
Who runs it — Checked October 2026 kiddieacademy.com/academies/bolingbrook
Who runs it — Checked October 2026 kiddieacademy.com/about-us

Kiddie Academy's own site says the founding Miller family continues to own and operate Kiddie Academy, and that other families own and operate the academies in their communities. kiddieacademy.com

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