Chicago · Licensed center

Brain Box Literacy Academy & Ed Services

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since November 2018.

Of the 106 Chicago-area centers with 3 licensing inspections, 58% had rules cited at all 3, as this center did. 10% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Sep 21, 20231 citation

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

Oct 16, 20208 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(p)(1)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(a)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(l)

4 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(a)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(5)(a)

  • Standard not identified in the state report

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)

Nov 30, 201815 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)(3)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)

  • Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)

11 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(2)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)

  • Hand Washing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(c)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
September 21, 2023
On file
3 visits since November 2018 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was October 21, 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.

Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 21, 2023

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553389 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2020 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · October 16, 2020

Provisions Pertaining to the License

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(5)(a) through (a) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(5)(a) · 407.60(a)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(a) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)(a) · 407.250(i)(4)

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(p)(1) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(l) · Violation corrected

Standard not identified in the state report

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553389 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2018 Monitoring visit 15 findings

Monitoring visit · November 30, 2018

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4)

Health Requirements for Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) through (7) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7)

Qualifications for Early Childhood Assistants and School-age Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.150(c) · Violation corrected on site

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation corrected

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f) · Violation corrected

Hand Washing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(c) · Violation corrected on site

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected on site

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(2) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(p)(3) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553389 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

Details

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Website
brainboxprograms.org
Address
9304 S Ashland Ave # 08
License
license issued (il)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

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 "BRAIN BOX LITERACY ACADEMY & ED SERVICES" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 553389).
  • Website — Checked August 2026 brainboxprograms.org

Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.