Riverdale · Licensed center
Kiddie City
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 14 children.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since April 2026.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Sep 23, 20261 citation
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(1)
May 28, 20263 citations
Staffing Structure
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)
Program Requirements for All Ages
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)(7)
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(i)
May 8, 20262 citations
Staffing Structure
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b)
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1)
Apr 29, 20261 citation
Program Requirements for All Ages
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)(7)
Apr 2, 20261 citation
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)
The state cited rules at all 5 of this center's inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 5 times had fewer: 53% of 127.
How all 127 Chicago-area centers inspected 5 times compare
Of the 127 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 56%
- 2 of 56%
- 3 of 512%
- 4 of 528%
- All 547%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- September 23, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since April 2026 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 23, 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.
Sep 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 23, 2026
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(1) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 644218 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · May 28, 2026
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation corrected on site
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)(7) · Violation corrected on site
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(i) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 644218 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · May 8, 2026
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(b) · Violation corrected on site
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 644218 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 29, 2026
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(d)(7) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 644218 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 2, 2026
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 644218 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (708) 247-4493
- Address
- 155 E 144th St, Riverdale, 60827
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 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 "KIDDIE CITY" under Provider Name and 60827 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 644218).
- Ages on the license — Checked November 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KIDDIE CITY" under Provider Name and 60827 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 644218).
Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.