Calumet City · Licensed family home
Brady, Benai
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 all 6 of its licensing inspections since March 2011.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Apr 9, 20251 citation
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)
Apr 17, 20232 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)
May 16, 20223 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)
May 30, 20186 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(24)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(13)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)
Apr 11, 201214 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(18)
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)(24)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)
Children Under 30 Months of Age
Children Under 30 Months of Age
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(5)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(3)
Mar 2, 20113 citations
Application for License
Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(f)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(18)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)
The state cited rules at all 6 of this home's inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times had fewer: 56% of 328.
How all 328 Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times compare
Of the 328 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 61%
- 2 of 64%
- 3 of 69%
- 4 of 616%
- 5 of 625%
- All 644%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- April 9, 2025
- On file
- 6 visits since March 2011 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 9, 2025. 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 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 9, 2025
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · April 17, 2023
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (11) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(11)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · May 16, 2022
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(5)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2018 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · May 30, 2018
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) through (29) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) · 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(a)(13) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(a)(24) · 406.8(a)(29)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2012 Monitoring visit 14 findings
Monitoring visit · April 11, 2012
Records and Reports
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) through (e)(3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) · 406.24(c) · 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(d)(2) · 406.24(e)(3)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (24) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(18) · 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(24)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i) · Violation corrected
Children Under 30 Months of Age
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(5) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2011 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · March 2, 2011
Application for License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(f) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(18) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 746-1249
- Address
- 427 Merrill Ave, Calumet City, 60409
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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 "BRADY, BENAI" under Provider Name and 60409 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 475741).
- 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 "BRADY, BENAI" under Provider Name and 60409 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 475741).
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.