Aurora · Licensed center
Kindercare Learning Centers LLC
- Large center, licensed for 158 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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: 4 of 8 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
- January 2, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since January 2021 — 4 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 16, 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.
Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · November 16, 2023
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 593002 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · December 6, 2022
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · Violation corrected
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 593002 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 5, 2022
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(7) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 593002 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 21, 2021
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 593002 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
- Address
- 1553 Ogden Ave
- 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 CENTERS LLC" under Provider Name and 60503 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 593002).
- Chain — Checked September 2026 kindercare.com
- Owner — Checked September 2026 sec.gov