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Brightpath West Loop

At a glance

  • Small center, licensed for 37 children.

What to know

License: 6 weeks to 4 years (state).

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 both of its licensing inspections since August 2026.

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Licensing inspections

  • Sep 29, 20262 citations
    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(g)

    • Guidance and Discipline

      • Guidance and Discipline

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • Aug 19, 20268 citations
    • Personnel Records

      • Personnel Records

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

    • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

      • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

    • Health Requirements for Children

      • Health Requirements for Children

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1)

    • Health Requirements for Children

      • Health Requirements for Children

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)

    • Health Requirements for Children

      • Health Requirements for Children

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)

    • Health Requirements for Children

      • Health Requirements for Children

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(10)

    • Nutrition and Meal Service

      • Nutrition and Meal Service

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(2)

    • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

      • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

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

The state cited rules at both of this center's 2 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected twice had the same: 60% of 83.

How all 83 Chicago-area centers inspected twice compare

Of the 83 Chicago-area centers the state inspected twice, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None13%
  • 1 of 227%
  • Both60%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
September 29, 2026
On file
2 visits since August 2026 — both cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was October 9, 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.

Sep 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · September 29, 2026

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 649966 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2026 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · August 19, 2026

Health Requirements for Children

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) through (10) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(1) · 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(6) · 407.310(a)(10)

Personnel Records

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

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

Nutrition and Meal Service

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(l)(2) · 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 649966 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone
(630) 409-0299
Address
1215 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, 60607

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.

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 "BRIGHTPATH WEST LOOP" under Provider Name and 60607 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 649966).
  • 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 WEST LOOP" under Provider Name and 60607 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 649966).

Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; 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.

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