Chicago · Licensed center

Bright Horizons At South Wabash

Medium center, licensed for 73 children.
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What these mean, and where they come from

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: 4 of 4 cited something

Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits.

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: July 29, 2026
On file: 4 visits since July 2022 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was September 11, 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.

Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 29, 2026

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 602417 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 11, 2025

Background Checks for Personnel

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 602417 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 24, 2023

Personnel Records

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

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

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 602417 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 7, 2022

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 602417 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).

Details

3127762908

Address: 321 S Wabash Ave
License: license issued (il)
Chain: Bright HorizonsSource: brighthorizons.com
Owner: Public shareholders (NYSE: BFAM)Bright Horizons is a public company that reports to the SEC. Its stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange as BFAM. sec.gov

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Details

Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BRIGHT HORIZONS AT SOUTH WABASH" under Provider Name and 60604 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 602417).
Chain — Checked September 2026 brighthorizons.com
Owner — Checked September 2026 sec.gov