Lake Forest · Licensed center
Kinderhaven
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 20 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 6 licensing inspections since May 2011.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Feb 26, 2026Nothing cited
- Feb 8, 2024Nothing cited
- Jan 25, 2023Nothing cited
Mar 12, 20203 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Application for Renewal of License
Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(g)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j)
Apr 23, 20121 citation
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
May 9, 20116 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(3)
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 6 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 6 times had more: 82% of 139 had rules cited at 4 or more.
How all 139 Chicago-area centers inspected 6 times compare
Of the 139 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 62%
- 2 of 64%
- 3 of 612%This center
- 4 of 614%
- 5 of 631%
- All 637%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- February 26, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since May 2011 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 30, 2020. 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.
Mar 2020 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · March 12, 2020
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(g) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(j) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 196412 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2012 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 23, 2012
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 196412 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2011 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · May 9, 2011
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · 407.370(f)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 196412 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (847) 810-3947
- Address
- 400 Hastings Rd, Lake Forest, 60045
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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 "KINDERHAVEN" under Provider Name and 60045 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 196412).
- 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 "KINDERHAVEN" under Provider Name and 60045 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 196412).
Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; 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.