Chicago · Licensed center
Bright Start Learning Center
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 70 children.
- Hours 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 4 of its 6 licensing inspections since February 2017.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Mar 10, 20261 citation
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)
Feb 10, 20261 citation
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(i)
Feb 7, 20241 citation
Staffing Structure
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(1)
- Jan 23, 2023Nothing cited
- Apr 23, 2019Nothing cited
Feb 17, 20171 citation
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g)
The state cited rules at 4 of this center's 6 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 6 times had more: 68% of 139 had rules cited at 5 or more.
How all 139 Chicago-area centers inspected 6 times compare
Of the 139 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 62%
- 2 of 64%
- 3 of 612%
- 4 of 614%This center
- 5 of 631%
- All 637%
Read every record and the state’s reports
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.
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.
A day here
6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., 5 days a week
Details
- Phone
- (708) 831-4111
- Address
- 3522 N Central Ave, Chicago, 60634
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Sources and dates
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
A day here
- Hours — Checked August 2026 brightstartchicago.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BRIGHT START LEARNING CENTER" under Provider Name and 60634 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 546874).
- Website — Checked August 2026 brightstartchicago.com
- Ages on the license — Checked November 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BRIGHT START LEARNING CENTER" under Provider Name and 60634 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 546874).
Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; large is 119 to 487.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.