Hazel Crest · Licensed center

Bright Start Learning Academy No 2 Inc

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since July 2024.

Of the 130 Chicago-area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 45% had rules cited at all 5, as this center did.

Licensing inspections

Jun 10, 202614 citations

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i)(1)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e)

10 more from this inspection

  • Medications

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)

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

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.

Nov 21, 202510 citations

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(b)

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1)

6 more from this inspection

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(c)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(e)

  • Staffing Structure

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(e)(4)

  • Nutrition and Meal Service

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b)

  • Napping and Sleeping

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1)

Jun 5, 20255 citations

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Personnel Records

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

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)

1 more from this inspection

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)

Sep 20, 20243 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(l)

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(k)

Jul 22, 20244 citations

  • Organization and Administration

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(c)

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(2)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
June 10, 2026
On file
5 visits since July 2024 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was July 11, 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.

Jun 2026 Monitoring visit 14 findings

Monitoring visit · June 10, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) through (i) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(d) · 407.100(i)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) through (f)(2) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(3) · 407.370(f)(2)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation substantiated

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation substantiated

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i)(1) · Violation substantiated

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(1) · Violation substantiated

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(e) · Violation substantiated

Medications

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c) · Violation substantiated

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

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 620974 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · November 21, 2025

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) through (c) · Violation substantiated

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

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) through (e)(4) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) · 407.90(e)(4)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(b) · Violation substantiated

Background Checks for Personnel

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

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(e) · Violation corrected on site

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) · Violation substantiated

Napping and Sleeping

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 620974 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2025 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · June 5, 2025

Personnel Records

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

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

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) through (4) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · 407.310(a)(4)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 620974 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 20, 2024

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(k) through (l) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(k) · 407.250(l)

Background Checks for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 620974 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · July 22, 2024

Organization and Administration

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

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(2) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 620974 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.

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Address
1822 170th St
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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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 START LEARNING ACADEMY NO 2 INC" under Provider Name and 60429 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 620974).

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.