Carol Stream · Licensed center

Kindercare Learning Center 000171

Large center, licensed for 120 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 8 of its 15 licensing inspections since May 2010.

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

Sep 8, 2026No rules cited

Jun 10, 2026No rules cited

Jun 13, 2025No rules cited

May 24, 2023No rules cited

Aug 3, 2022No rules cited

Apr 25, 20192 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

May 1, 20181 citation

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

Jun 1, 20172 citations

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)

Mar 20, 20133 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

Mar 13, 2012No rules cited

Jul 11, 20112 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)

Apr 28, 20117 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(4)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

3 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)

Sep 7, 2010No rules cited

Jul 26, 20102 citations

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

May 19, 20104 citations

Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: September 8, 2026
On file: 15 visits since May 2010 — 7 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was May 25, 2019. 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.

Sep 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jun 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jun 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

May 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Aug 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Apr 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 25, 2019

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Rule cited again

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 451099 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 1, 2018

General Requirements for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 451099 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2017 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 1, 2017

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 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 451099 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2013 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 20, 2013

Personnel Records

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 451099 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2012 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jul 2011 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 11, 2011

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 451099 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2011 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · April 28, 2011

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(4) through (f) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(4) · 407.100(f)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)

Personnel Records

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 451099 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2010 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jul 2010 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 26, 2010

Grouping and Staffing

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

Program Requirements for All Ages

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 451099 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2010 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · May 19, 2010

Organization and Administration

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

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 451099 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

6306651441

Address: 140 N Gary Ave
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 "KINDERCARE LEARNING CENTER 000171" under Provider Name and 60188 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 451099).
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 000171" under Provider Name and 60188 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 451099).
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

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.