Harvey · Licensed center

Kiddy Kulture Child Care & Learning Ctr

What these mean, and where they come from

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.

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: 13 of 16 cited something

Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits.

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
February 6, 2024
On file
16 visits since September 2012 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was August 18, 2023. 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 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 6, 2024

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · July 20, 2023

Personnel Records

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (e)(4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(e)(4)

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(f) · Violation corrected

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70 · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

Cited: CCASEC4

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

Cited: FHSEC305

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jun 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 17, 2020

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2019 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · October 28, 2019

General Requirements for Personnel

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(d)

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

Health Requirements for Children

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

Cited: FHSEC305

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

Cited: CCASEC4

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Sep 2018 Monitoring visit 20 findings

Monitoring visit · September 28, 2018

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

10 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)(2)(a) · 407.250(i)(2)(b) · 407.250(i)(2)(c) · 407.250(i)(2)(d) · 407.250(i)(2)(e) · 407.250(i)(2)(f) · 407.250(i)(2)(g) · 407.250(i)(2)(h) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)

Guidance and Discipline

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)(1) · 407.270(a)(2) · 407.270(a)(3) · 407.270(a)(4) · 407.270(a)(5)

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (7) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7)

Cited: FHSEC305

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

Cited: CCASEC4

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 7, 2018

Grouping and Staffing

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(9)(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Nov 2017 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · November 17, 2017

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(d)

Personnel Records

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

Grouping and Staffing

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

Cited: CCASEC4

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

Cited: FHSEC305

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2017 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 3, 2017

Confidentiality of Records and Information

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.80(c) · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(f) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2017 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · February 24, 2017

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (d) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(d)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1) through (2) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1) · 407.370(f)(2)

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated

Personnel Records

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

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d) · Violation substantiated

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4) · Violation substantiated

Cited: CCASEC4

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2015 Monitoring visit 13 findings

Monitoring visit · September 22, 2015

Personnel Records

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)

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)

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (7) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7)

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2015 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · February 26, 2015

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · 407.90(a)(3)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2014 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · October 24, 2014

Personnel Records

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(5) · 407.120(a)(6)

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) · 407.90(a)(5)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419556 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2012 Monitoring visit 14 findings

Monitoring visit · September 11, 2012

Personnel Records

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(6)

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

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) · 407.250(i)(2) · 407.250(i)(4)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419556 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

7083314300

Address
396 E 159th St
License
license issued (il)

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