Richton Park · Licensed center
Kiddie Scholars Too
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 77 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 3 of its 5 licensing inspections since June 2021.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Apr 17, 2026Nothing cited
Jun 5, 20243 citations
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)(11)
May 24, 20231 citation
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
- May 6, 2022Nothing cited
Jun 11, 20212 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 5 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 5 times had more: 76% of 127 had rules cited at 4 or more.
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%This center
- 4 of 528%
- All 547%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- April 17, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since June 2021 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 5, 2024. 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 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · June 5, 2024
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (3) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)(11) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 540696 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 24, 2023
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 540696 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 11, 2021
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation substantiated
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 540696 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (708) 898-0458
- Address
- 22323 Thomas Dr, Richton Park, 60471
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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 SCHOLARS TOO" under Provider Name and 60471 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 540696).
- 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 SCHOLARS TOO" under Provider Name and 60471 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 540696).
Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; 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.