Glen Ellyn · Licensed center
Bright Beginnings Child Care Center
A center in Glen Ellyn, licensed for 96 children. The state cited something at 8 of 13 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Medium center. 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.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 8 of 13 cited something
Across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- April 2, 2026
- On file
- 13 visits since February 2013 — 5 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 3, 2024. 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 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 4, 2024
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 071515 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · February 10, 2022
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 071515 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2020 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · February 10, 2020
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)(1)(h) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) through (f)(1)(b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(f)(1)(b)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(i) · Violation corrected
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 071515 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · February 28, 2019
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(f) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 071515 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2016 Monitoring visit 17 findings
Monitoring visit · February 29, 2016
Personnel Records
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (d) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(6) · 407.120(b) · 407.120(d)
General Requirements for Personnel
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (h) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6) · 407.100(f) · 407.100(h)
Nutrition and Meal Service
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) through (k) · Violation corrected · Rule cited again
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) · 407.330(g)(1) · 407.330(g)(2) · 407.330(k)
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(d) · Violation corrected
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · Violation corrected on site
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected on site
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(b) · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 071515 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2015 Monitoring visit 13 findings
Monitoring visit · May 8, 2015
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(b) through (n)(2) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(b) · 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(f)(2) · 407.370(n)(2)
Equipment and Materials
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) through (j)(1) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) · 407.380(b) · 407.380(j)(1)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · 407.260(f)
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meal Service
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(k) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 071515 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2015 Monitoring visit 11 findings
Monitoring visit · March 30, 2015
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) through (n)(2) · Violation corrected on site · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · 407.370(f)(2) · 407.370(n)(2)
Equipment and Materials
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) through (j)(1) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) · 407.380(b) · 407.380(j)(1)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) through (i) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · 407.250(i)
Daily Arrival and Departure of Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) through (f) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · 407.260(f)
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 071515 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2013 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · February 6, 2013
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(4)
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.55(f) · Violation corrected
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 071515 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 6305472011
- Address
- 49 Diecke Dr
- License
- license issued (il)
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All checked August 2026.
State record
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BRIGHT BEGINNINGS CHILD CARE CENTER" under Provider Name and 60137 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 071515).