Chicago · Licensed center
Bright Scholars Clubhouse
- Small center, licensed for 43 children.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 5 of its 8 licensing inspections since May 2022.
Of the 127 Chicago-area centers with 8 licensing inspections, 20% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this center did. 36% had rules cited at all 8.
Licensing inspections
Jun 17, 20251 citation
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Apr 30, 20243 citations
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)
Dec 11, 20232 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(k)(1)
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
May 5, 20233 citations
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
May 17, 20224 citations
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(2)
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(7)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- May 8, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since May 2022 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 17, 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.
Jun 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · June 17, 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 596585 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · April 30, 2024
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)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 596585 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · December 11, 2023
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(k)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 596585 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · May 5, 2023
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(5) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 596585 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2022 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · May 17, 2022
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(2)
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) through (7) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) · 407.310(a)(7)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 596585 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
- Website
- bsclubhouse1.com
- Address
- 9522 S Vincennes Ave # 24
- 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 "BRIGHT SCHOLARS CLUBHOUSE" under Provider Name and 60643 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 596585).
- Website — Checked August 2026 bsclubhouse1.com
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.