Chicago · Licensed center

Bright Start Learning Center

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 6 licensing inspections since February 2017.

Of the 134 Chicago-area centers with 6 licensing inspections, 14% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this center did. 38% had rules cited at all 6.

Licensing inspections

Mar 10, 20261 citation

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

Feb 10, 20261 citation

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(i)

Feb 7, 20241 citation

  • Staffing Structure

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

Jan 23, 2023No rules cited
Apr 23, 2019No rules cited
Feb 17, 20171 citation

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g)

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
March 10, 2026
On file
6 visits since February 2017 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 10, 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.

Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 10, 2026

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546874 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 10, 2026

Health Requirements for Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546874 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 7, 2024

Staffing Structure

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546874 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Apr 2019 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 17, 2017

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546874 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

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

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Hours
6:30 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week

Details

7088314111

Website
brightstartchicago.com
Address
3522 N Central Ave
License
license issued (il)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 2026.

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Details

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.