Yorkville · Licensed center
The Children's Courtyard
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 81 children.
- The Children's Courtyard: owned by American Securities (private equity).
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 both of its licensing inspections since June 2025.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
May 1, 20265 citations
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(i)
Nutrition and Meal Service
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b)
Outdoor Play Area
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(2)
Jun 23, 20252 citations
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Outdoor Play Area
Outdoor Play Area
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(m)
The state cited rules at both of this center's 2 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected twice had the same: 60% of 83.
How all 83 Chicago-area centers inspected twice compare
Of the 83 Chicago-area centers the state inspected twice, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None13%
- 1 of 227%
- Both60%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- May 1, 2026
- On file
- 2 visits since June 2025 — both cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 1, 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 5 findings
Monitoring visit · May 1, 2026
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation substantiated
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(i) · Violation substantiated
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) · Violation substantiated
Outdoor Play Area
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(i)(2) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 638283 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 23, 2025
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · Violation corrected
Outdoor Play Area
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(m) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 638283 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (331) 400-2270
- Address
- 708 E Veterans Pkwy, Yorkville, 60560
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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 "THE CHILDREN'S COURTYARD" under Provider Name and 60560 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 638283).
- Website, Who runs it — Checked October 2026 childrenscourtyard.com
- 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 "THE CHILDREN'S COURTYARD" under Provider Name and 60560 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 638283).
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 american-securities.com
The Children’s Courtyard is one of Learning Care Group's brands. The private-equity firm American Securities lists Learning Care Group among its current companies, an investment it made in 2014. american-securities.com
Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; 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.