Chicago · Licensed center
Brightpath Bucktown
At a glance
- Large center, licensed for 129 children.
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 its 1 licensing inspection, in June 2026.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jun 1, 20263 citations
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(8)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d)
The state cited rules at this center's 1 inspection. Most Chicago-area centers inspected once had the same: 81% of 53.
How all 53 Chicago-area centers inspected once compare
Of the 53 Chicago-area centers the state inspected once, whether that inspection cited a rule:
- No19%
- Yes81%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- June 1, 2026
- On file
- 1 visit, June 2026 — it cited findings
- Fixed?
- Correction was due July 1, 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.
Jun 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · June 1, 2026
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(8) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation substantiated
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(d) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 639830 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (312) 896-4858
- Address
- 2642 N Jones St, Chicago, 60647
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 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 "BRIGHTPATH BUCKTOWN" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 639830).
- 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 "BRIGHTPATH BUCKTOWN" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 639830).
Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.