Chicago · Licensed center

Everbrook Academy

Large center, licensed for 134 children.
An Everbrook Academy center. The chain is owned by American Securities, a private-equity firm.
Shortlist has found no website for it yet.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since November 2020.

Of the 157 Chicago-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 27% had rules cited at 6 of them, as this center did. 40% had rules cited at all 7.

Licensing inspections

Jul 2, 20263 citations

Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(g)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(j)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11)

Jul 25, 202512 citations

Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b)
Nutrition and Meal Service
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(h)

8 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(5)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Dec 21, 2023No rules cited

Aug 29, 202312 citations

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)

8 more from this inspection

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)
Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1)

Sep 8, 20226 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5)(i)
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)

2 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)

Oct 28, 20214 citations

Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(l)

Nov 5, 20201 citation

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: July 2, 2026
On file: 7 visits since November 2020 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was September 14, 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.

Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 2, 2026

Organization and Administration

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

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(g) · Violation substantiated

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591647 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · July 25, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

3 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)(8)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) through (2) · Violation corrected

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) · 407.330(h)

Equipment and Materials

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) · 407.380(j)(5)

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

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

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591647 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Aug 2023 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · August 29, 2023

Personnel Records

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(6)

General Requirements for Personnel

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) through (d) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(d)

Organization and Administration

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) · Violation substantiated

Guidance and Discipline

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

Medications

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591647 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · September 8, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (i) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(i)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (2) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2)

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) through (i) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · 407.340(a)(5)(i)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591647 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2021 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · October 28, 2021

Napping and Sleeping

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) through (l) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) · 407.350(l)

Personnel Records

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

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591647 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 5, 2020

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591647 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

7732495783

Address: 538 W Diversey Pkwy
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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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 "EVERBROOK ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60614 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 591647).
Who runs it — Checked October 2026 everbrookacademy.com
Who runs it — Checked October 2026 american-securities.com

Everbrook Academy is one of Learning Care Group's brands. The private-equity firm American Securities lists Learning Care Group among its current companies, an investment it made in 2014. american-securities.com

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.