Chicago · Licensed center
Kidwatch Plus
A Creative Curriculum center in Chicago, licensed for 129 children. Care for an infant is $2,165 a month, less than 13 of 18 Chicago-area full-time prices. The state cited something at 10 of 14 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6).
Large center. 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.
How they teach
Creative Curriculum
“Kidwatch implements "The Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers & Twos" documenting growth and developmental objectives via Teaching Strategies.”In their words. kidwatchplus.com, August 2026
One of 26 Chicago-area providers that describe a Creative Curriculum approach, out of 129 that describe any approach at all.
What it costs
$2,165 a month for an infant
Lower than 13 of 18 Chicago-area providers that publish a full-time infant price.
Lower than 13 of 22 Chicago-area providers that publish a full-time toddler price.
Lower than 13 of 19 Chicago-area providers that publish a full-time preschool price.
Kidwatch PlusMost Chicago-area prices (middle 80%)
Scale $1,000 to $4,000 a month. Chicago-area prices as of September 29, 2026. Part-time $1,039 to $1,949 a month. Prices from their website, August 2026.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 10 of 14 cited something
Across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 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
- August 7, 2026
- On file
- 14 visits since March 2011 — 4 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 4, 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.
May 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · May 4, 2026
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 062473 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 13, 2026
Cited: CCASEC8
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 062473 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 9, 2025
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 062473 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 13, 2024
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(m) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 062473 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · April 14, 2022
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6) through (11) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(6) · 407.370(e)(11)
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(g) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(8) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 062473 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 27, 2019
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 062473 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2014 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · April 28, 2014
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) through (4)(a) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 062473 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2013 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · July 16, 2013
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 062473 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2013 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · April 10, 2013
Organization and Administration
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) through (i) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 407.70(i)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · 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 062473 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2011 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · March 30, 2011
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)
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 on site
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · Violation corrected
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 062473 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
A day here
- Schedule
- full-week, part-week
Details
- Phone
- 7739930536
- Website
- kidwatchplus.com
- Address
- 3330 N Lockwood Ave
- License
- license issued (il)
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Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
How they teach
- Approach — Checked August 2026 · kidwatchplus.com
What it costs
- Infant, Toddler, Preschool, Second price — Checked August 2026 · kidwatchplus.com
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
A day here
- Schedule — Checked August 2026 · kidwatchplus.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 · sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KIDWATCH PLUS" under Provider Name and 60641 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 062473).
- Website — Checked August 2026 · kidwatchplus.com