Matteson · Licensed center

Kindercare Learning Ctr 300380

Medium center, licensed for 82 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 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

Oct 2, 20257 citations

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

3 more from this inspection

Transportation
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(d)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(d)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)

May 12, 2025No rules cited

Aug 14, 20249 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)

5 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(m)

Apr 19, 2023No rules cited

Oct 7, 202212 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)

8 more from this inspection

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(f)(2)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(f)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)
Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(b)

Oct 5, 20223 citations

Guidance and Discipline — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)(e)
Program Requirements for All Ages — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)
Guidance and Discipline — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)

Oct 22, 2021No rules cited

Sep 23, 20211 citation

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

Feb 16, 20211 citation

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

May 31, 20174 citations

Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(n)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)

Sep 8, 20104 citations

Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(i)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(b)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: October 2, 2025
On file: 11 visits since September 2010 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was November 1, 2025. 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 2025 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · October 2, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (5) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5)

Personnel Records

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

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

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) through (6) · Violation substantiated

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

Transportation

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(d) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 011506 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · August 14, 2024

Personnel Records

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(6)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(m) · Violation substantiated

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 011506 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · October 7, 2022

Personnel Records

8 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (f)(2) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(6) · 407.120(e)(4) · 407.120(e)(5) · 407.120(f)(2)

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(f) · Violation substantiated

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation substantiated

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(b) · Violation substantiated

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 011506 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 5, 2022

Guidance and Discipline — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) through (e) · Violation substantiated

Illinois does not publish what came of a report; that investigation is confidential.

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · 407.270(c)(6)(e)

Program Requirements for All Ages — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r) · Repeat violation

Illinois does not publish what came of a report; that investigation is confidential.

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 011506 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Sep 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 23, 2021

Personnel Records

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 011506 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 16, 2021

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 011506 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2017 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · May 31, 2017

Equipment and Materials

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) · 407.380(b)

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(n) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 011506 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2010 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · September 8, 2010

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

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

Program Requirements for All Ages

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

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(b) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 011506 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

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Address: 18 South Central Avenue
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 2026.

Details

Phone, Address — Checked August 2026
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 CTR 300380" under Provider Name and 60443 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 011506).
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.