Morton Grove · Licensed center

Kids Academy

Medium center, licensed for 71 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 9 of its 11 licensing inspections since September 2010.

Of the 859 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

Mar 4, 20261 citation

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

Jun 9, 20252 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(2)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

Mar 8, 20243 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

Apr 1, 2022No rules cited

Mar 8, 20211 citation

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1)

Feb 4, 2021No rules cited

Mar 26, 20184 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(f)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

Feb 24, 20142 citations

Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p)
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)

Jan 30, 20142 citations

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

Mar 4, 201314 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(a)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)

10 more from this inspection

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(h)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(b)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)

Sep 9, 20105 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(1)
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)

1 more from this inspection

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: March 4, 2026
On file: 11 visits since September 2010 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was April 4, 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.

Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 4, 2026

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 397768 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 9, 2025

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) through (e)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(2)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 397768 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 8, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) through (7) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7)

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 397768 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 8, 2021

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 397768 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Mar 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 26, 2018

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 397768 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2014 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 24, 2014

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)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 397768 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2014 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 30, 2014

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) through (3) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(e)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 397768 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2013 Monitoring visit 14 findings

Monitoring visit · March 4, 2013

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(a) through (i)(4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(a) · 407.250(b) · 407.250(c) · 407.250(d) · 407.250(h) · 407.250(i)(4)

Health Requirements for Children

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) · 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

Organization and Administration

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 407.70(i)

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 397768 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2010 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 9, 2010

Personnel Records

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (e)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(6) · 407.120(e)(1)

Background Checks for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 397768 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

8479669007

Address: 9233 Shermer Rd
License: license issued (il)

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State record

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

Details

Phone, Address — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KIDS ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60053 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 397768).
License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KIDS ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60053 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 397768).

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.