Lake Forest · Licensed center
Kinderhaven
- Small center, licensed for 20 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 6 licensing inspections since May 2011.
Of the 134 Chicago-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 13% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this center did. 38% had rules cited at all 6.
Licensing inspections
Mar 12, 20203 citations
Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(g)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)
Apr 23, 20121 citation
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
May 9, 20116 citations
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)
2 more from this inspection
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- February 26, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since May 2011 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 30, 2020. 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.
Mar 2020 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · March 12, 2020
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(g) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 196412 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2012 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 23, 2012
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 196412 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2011 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · May 9, 2011
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · 407.370(f)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected
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 196412 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
- 400 Hastings Rd
- License
- license issued (il)
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All checked August 2026.
State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KINDERHAVEN" under Provider Name and 60045 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 196412).
Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.