Riverdale · Licensed center

Kiddie City Learning Center

What these mean, and where they come from

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.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 1 of 1 cited something

Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits. One visit is too few to read as a pattern.

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
June 26, 2026
On file
1 visit, June 2026 — it cited findings
Fixed?
Correction was due July 24, 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.

Jun 2026 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · June 26, 2026

Organization and Administration

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) through (i) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 407.70(i)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (3) · Violation substantiated

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation substantiated

Cited: CCASEC4

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

Cited: FHSEC305

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 644059 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).

Details

7082474493

Address
159 E 144th St
License
permit issued (ip)

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All checked August 2026.

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Details

  • Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KIDDIE CITY LEARNING CENTER" under Provider Name and 60827 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 644059).