Chicago · Licensed center
Everbrook Academy
A center in Chicago, licensed for 134 children. The state cited something at 6 of 7 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Large center. Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.
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: 6 of 7 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
- July 2, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since November 2020 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 14, 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.
Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · July 2, 2026
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(j) · Violation substantiated
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(g) · Violation substantiated
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(11) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591647 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · July 25, 2025
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (8) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(8)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) through (2) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · 407.120(a)(2)
Nutrition and Meal Service
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) through (h) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.330(b) · 407.330(h)
Equipment and Materials
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) through (5) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4) · 407.380(j)(5)
Grouping and Staffing
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation substantiated
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2) · Violation substantiated
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591647 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2023 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · August 29, 2023
Personnel Records
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (6) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(a)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) through (d) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(c)(8) · 407.100(d)
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2) · Violation substantiated
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation substantiated
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(b)(1) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591647 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · September 8, 2022
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (i) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(i)
Personnel Records
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (2) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2)
Diapering and Toileting Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) through (i) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · 407.340(a)(5)(i)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591647 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2021 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · October 28, 2021
Napping and Sleeping
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) through (l) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(c) · 407.350(l)
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation substantiated
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591647 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · November 5, 2020
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 591647 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7732495783
- Address
- 538 W Diversey Pkwy
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
- Chain
- Everbrook AcademySource: everbrookacademy.com
- Owner
- American Securities (via Learning Care Group)Everbrook Academy is one of Learning Care Group's brands. The private-equity firm American Securities lists Learning Care Group among its current companies, an investment it made in 2014. american-securities.com
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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 "EVERBROOK ACADEMY" under Provider Name and 60614 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 591647).
- Chain — Checked September 2026 · everbrookacademy.com
- Owner — Checked September 2026 · american-securities.com