Aurora · Licensed center
Kindercare Learning Centers LLC
- Large center, licensed for 158 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 8 licensing inspections since January 2021.
Of the 126 Chicago-area centers with 8 licensing inspections, 6% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this center did. 37% had rules cited at all 8.
Licensing inspections
Nov 16, 20232 citations
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2)
Dec 6, 20222 citations
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2)
Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e)
Aug 5, 20221 citation
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7)
Jan 21, 20211 citation
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2)
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State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- January 2, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since January 2021 — 4 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 16, 2023. 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.
Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · November 16, 2023
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)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 593002 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · December 6, 2022
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 593002 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 5, 2022
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 593002 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 21, 2021
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 593002 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
- 1553 Ogden Ave
- 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 CENTERS LLC" under Provider Name and 60503 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 593002).
- 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 CENTERS LLC" under Provider Name and 60503 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 593002).
- 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.