Tinley Park · Licensed center
Kindercare Learning Center 000810
A center in Tinley Park, licensed for 143 children. The state cited something at 11 of 12 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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.
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: 11 of 12 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
- September 8, 2025
- On file
- 12 visits since April 2012 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 20, 2025. 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 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · September 8, 2025
Health Requirements for Children
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(g) through (i) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(g) · 407.310(h) · 407.310(i)
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475868 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 4, 2025
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475868 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · May 23, 2024
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475868 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 16, 2021
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475868 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 6, 2019
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475868 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · March 12, 2018
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475868 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 17, 2017
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(c)(9) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475868 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2015 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · April 6, 2015
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)(1) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) through (5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475868 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2014 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · March 3, 2014
Nutrition and Meal Service
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l) through (1) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l) · 407.330(l)(1)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(1) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475868 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2013 Monitoring visit 10 findings
Monitoring visit · April 8, 2013
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)
Nutrition and Meal Service
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · 407.330(l)(2)
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(1) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(b) · Violation corrected
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(j) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475868 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2012 Monitoring visit 11 findings
Monitoring visit · April 9, 2012
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)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(b) through (4)(a) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(b) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Nutrition and Meal Service
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) through (l) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(g) · 407.330(l)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation corrected
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(c)(7) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) · Violation corrected
Hand Washing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475868 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7084440906
- Address
- 9460 179th St
- License
- license issued (il)
- Chain
- KinderCareSource: kindercare.com
- Owner
- Publicly traded (NYSE: KLC). Its majority stockholder is Partners Group.From KinderCare's quarterly report to the SEC, filed August 13, 2026. sec.gov
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State record
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 · sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KINDERCARE LEARNING CENTER 000810" under Provider Name and 60487 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 475868).
- Chain — Checked September 2026 · kindercare.com
- Owner — Checked September 2026 · sec.gov