Deerfield · Licensed center

Bright Horizons At Lake Cook

Large center, licensed for 162 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 5 of its 9 licensing inspections since October 2016.

Of the 122 Chicago-area centers with 9 licensing inspections, 2% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this center did. 34% had rules cited at all 9.

Licensing inspections

Aug 21, 2025No rules cited

Oct 8, 20242 citations

Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(m)
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(i)

Jul 2, 2024No rules cited

Mar 11, 2024No rules cited

Jun 15, 2023No rules cited

Jul 21, 20222 citations

Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(3)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(6)(e)

Jul 24, 20187 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)

3 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Mar 30, 20183 citations

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.170(b)

Oct 14, 20164 citations

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(3)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(f)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: August 21, 2025
On file: 9 visits since October 2016 — 4 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was August 4, 2022. 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.

Aug 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · October 8, 2024

Organization and Administration

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

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(i) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 526010 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Mar 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jun 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jul 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 21, 2022

Guidance and Discipline

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(3) through (6)(e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)(3) · 407.270(c)(6)(e)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 526010 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2018 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · July 24, 2018

General Requirements for Personnel

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (8) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(c)(8)

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b) · 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 526010 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 30, 2018

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.140(c)(1) · Violation corrected

Substitutes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.170(b) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 526010 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2016 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · October 14, 2016

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) · 407.250(i)(3)

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

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

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 526010 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

8473749000

Address: 1650 Lake Cook Rd
License: license issued (il)
Chain: Bright Horizons
Owner: Public shareholders (NYSE: BFAM)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 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 "BRIGHT HORIZONS AT LAKE COOK" under Provider Name and 60015 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 526010).
Chain — Checked October 2026 brighthorizons.com
Owner — Checked October 2026 sec.gov/…/bfam-20251231.htm

Bright Horizons is a public company. Its annual report to the SEC for 2025 (Form 10-K, filed February 2026) lists its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BFAM. sec.gov

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