Niles · Licensed center

Bright Beginnings Preschool Howard

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 6 of its licensing inspections since February 2011.

Of the 133 Chicago-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 38% had rules cited at all 6, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Mar 19, 20251 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

Feb 5, 20241 citation

  • Health Requirements for Children

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

Feb 6, 20232 citations

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Jun 8, 20222 citations

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Feb 28, 20141 citation

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

Feb 18, 20112 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)

  • Equipment and Materials

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
March 19, 2025
On file
6 visits since February 2011 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was April 19, 2025. 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 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 19, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490603 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 5, 2024

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490603 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 6, 2023

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490603 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 8, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d) · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490603 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2014 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 28, 2014

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490603 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2011 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 18, 2011

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l) · Violation corrected

Equipment and Materials

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490603 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

8479676633

Address
6676 W Howard St
License
license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

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All checked August 2026.

State record

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

Details

  • Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PRESCHOOL HOWARD" under Provider Name and 60714 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 490603).

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