Gurnee · Licensed center

Kindercare Learning Ctr 301438

Large center, licensed for 151 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 9 of its 14 licensing inspections since February 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

Feb 10, 20261 citation

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(5)

Jan 21, 20253 citations

Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(f)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)

Jan 9, 20251 citation

Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

Aug 23, 2024No rules cited

May 23, 2024No rules cited

Apr 22, 20242 citations

Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

Jan 26, 20242 citations

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Oct 23, 2023No rules cited

Jan 25, 2023No rules cited

Apr 20, 20211 citation

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(h)

Feb 10, 2020No rules cited

Feb 8, 20196 citations

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)

2 more from this inspection

Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Sep 11, 20154 citations

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)
Transportation
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(o)
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(p)
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r)

Feb 23, 20107 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(g)
Special Requirements for School-Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(c)(2)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)

3 more from this inspection

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: February 10, 2026
On file: 14 visits since February 2010 — 5 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was March 12, 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.

Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 10, 2026

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(5) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 243029 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · January 21, 2025

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(e)(3)

Outdoor Play Area

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 243029 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 9, 2025

Grouping and Staffing

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 243029 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

May 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 22, 2024

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected on site

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 243029 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 26, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 243029 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jan 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Apr 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 20, 2021

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(h) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 243029 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2020 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Feb 2019 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · February 8, 2019

Health Requirements for Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5)

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e) · Violation corrected on site

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

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 243029 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2015 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · September 11, 2015

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)

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation corrected

Transportation

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.280(o) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 243029 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2010 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · February 23, 2010

Health Requirements for Children

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(g) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(g) · 407.250(i)(2)

Special Requirements for School-Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.220(c)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 243029 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

8473601135

Address: 6480 Gurnee Mills Cir W
License: license issued (il)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 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 CTR 301438" under Provider Name and 60031 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 243029).
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.