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Kreating Young Minds Academy

kymacademy.org

At a glance

  • Small STEAM center, licensed for 35 children.
  • Hours 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week.

What to know

License: 15 months to 5 years (state). They serve: infants through five-year-olds (their website).

The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.

What the state has found

State record — Illinois DCFS

Illinois DCFS has published no inspection report for this provider as of November 2026. That is not the same as a clean record — there is nothing on file either way.

A day here

7 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week

Meals
Meals
Provides organic breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snacks daily, prepared with a registered dietitian and catering partner (the brand’s policy for all its schools)

How they teach

STEAM

“At Kreating Young Minds Academy™, our STEAM-based curriculum fosters a lifelong love of learning by challenging and stimulating children daily.”

Who cares for your child

Keshanna Milsap (Founder & Director), 17 years in early childhood.

Policies

Enrollment
Open enrollment; if no seat is available in a child's age group, the child is placed on a waiting list and the family is notified when a space opens (the brand’s policy for all its schools)

Details

Phone
(773) 902-7544
Address
1904 E 87th St, Chicago, 60617

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How they teach

Who cares for your child

A day here

Policies

Details

  • Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KREATING YOUNG MINDS ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60617 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 638991).
  • Website — Checked August 2026 kymacademy.org
  • 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 "KREATING YOUNG MINDS ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60617 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 638991).
  • Ages they serve — Checked August 2026 kymacademy.org

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.

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