Bartlett · Licensed family home
Balfe, Linda A
At a glance
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 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 4 of its 8 licensing inspections since December 2013.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Sep 2, 2025Nothing cited
- Dec 6, 2024Nothing cited
Apr 19, 20242 citations
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(e)(6)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(1)
- Nov 8, 2023Nothing cited
- Nov 18, 2022Nothing cited
Dec 15, 20201 citation
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Nov 23, 20163 citations
Substitutes
Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(c)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(i)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(o)
Dec 30, 20135 citations
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(o)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)
The state cited rules at 4 of this home's 8 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 8 times had more: 92% of 184 had rules cited at 5 or more.
How all 184 Chicago-area family homes inspected 8 times compare
Of the 184 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 8 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 3 of 83%
- 4 of 85%This home
- 5 of 811%
- 6 of 818%
- 7 of 823%
- All 839%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- September 2, 2025
- On file
- 8 visits since December 2013 — 4 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 22, 2024. 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.
Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · April 19, 2024
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(e)(6) · Violation substantiated
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(1) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509885 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · December 15, 2020
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509885 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2016 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · November 23, 2016
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(i) · Violation corrected
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(o) · Violation corrected
Substitutes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(c) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509885 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2013 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · December 30, 2013
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (t) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(o) · 406.9(t)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) through (20) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(20)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 509885 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (630) 363-2993
- Address
- 876 Marina Ter E, Bartlett, 60103
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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 "BALFE, LINDA A" under Provider Name and 60103 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 509885).
- 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 "BALFE, LINDA A" under Provider Name and 60103 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 509885).
Mid-size means licensed for 8 children, the size at least half of Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes hold. Small is 2 to 7; larger is 9 to 12.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.