Wheaton · Licensed center
Kindercare Learning Center
- Medium center, licensed for 70 children.
- A KinderCare center. KinderCare is a public company whose majority stockholder is Partners Group, a private-equity firm.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 4 of its 7 licensing inspections since December 2025.
Of the 157 Chicago-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 13% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this center did. 40% had rules cited at all 7.
Licensing inspections
Oct 5, 20261 citation
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Apr 30, 20263 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(d)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Feb 6, 20261 citation
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)
Dec 17, 20259 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(g)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(b)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(e)
5 more from this inspection
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(e)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(f)
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- October 5, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since December 2025 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 30, 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.
Oct 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 5, 2026
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 646759 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · April 30, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected on site
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(d) · Rule cited again
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 646759 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 6, 2026
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 646759 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · December 17, 2025
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(e) through (2)(e) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(e) · 407.250(i)(1)(f) · 407.250(i)(1)(g) · 407.250(i)(2)(b) · 407.250(i)(2)(e)
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(a)(4)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 646759 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
- Address
- 222 E Roosevelt 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, License — 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" under Provider Name and 60187 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 646759).
- 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.