Palatine · Licensed center

Kindercare Learning Center 000136

Medium center, licensed for 101 children.
A KinderCare center. KinderCare is a public company whose majority stockholder is Partners Group, a private-equity firm.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 5 of its 7 licensing inspections since October 2010.

Of the 157 Chicago-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 15% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this center did. 40% had rules cited at all 7.

Licensing inspections

Aug 31, 202610 citations

Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(g)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(d)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380

6 more from this inspection

Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(m)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Jun 24, 2026No rules cited

Jan 8, 20261 citation

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

May 27, 2021No rules cited

Feb 4, 20213 citations

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11)
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)(6)

Oct 13, 20164 citations

Transportation
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(p)
Transportation
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(t)(1)
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f)
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)(2)

Oct 29, 201013 citations

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

9 more from this inspection

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)
Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(4)
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(2)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: August 31, 2026
On file: 7 visits since October 2010 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was October 3, 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.

Aug 2026 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · August 31, 2026

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120 through (d) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120 · 407.120(d)

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(g) · Violation substantiated

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370 · Violation substantiated

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380 · Violation substantiated

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(m) · Violation substantiated

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 449217 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 8, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 449217 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Feb 2021 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 4, 2021

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6) through (11) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6) · 407.370(e)(11)

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 449217 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2016 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · October 13, 2016

Transportation

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(p) through (t)(1) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(p) · 407.280(t)(1)

Outdoor Play Area

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f) through (l)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f) · 407.390(l)(2)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 449217 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2010 Monitoring visit 13 findings

Monitoring visit · October 29, 2010

Organization and Administration

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)(1) · 407.70(e)(2) · 407.70(e)(3)

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(2) · 407.100(f)

Health Requirements for Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) through (6) · Violation corrected

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

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

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

Medications

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)(4) · Violation corrected

Outdoor Play Area

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 449217 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

8473592229

Address: 838 N Quentin Rd
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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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 "KINDERCARE LEARNING CENTER 000136" under Provider Name and 60067 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 449217).
License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KINDERCARE LEARNING CENTER 000136" under Provider Name and 60067 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 449217).
Who runs it — Checked October 2026 kindercare.com
Who runs it — Checked October 2026 sec.gov/…/klc-20260704.htm

From KinderCare's quarterly report to the SEC, filed August 13, 2026. sec.gov

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.