Chicago · Licensed family home

Brown, Marcia

At a glance

Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.

What to know

License: 6 weeks to 12 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 5 of its 6 licensing inspections since June 2016.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

Aug 11, 202510 citations
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
- Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
  Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
- 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)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
- Records and Reports
  Records and Reports
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)
Jul 24, 2023Nothing cited
Jun 22, 20211 citation
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)(2)
Jul 23, 20194 citations
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1)
- Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
  Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
- 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)(4)
Jun 23, 201712 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)(19)
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(32)
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)(2)
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(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)
- Records and Reports
  Records and Reports
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
- Records and Reports
  Records and Reports
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Jun 17, 20163 citations
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2)
- Provisions Pertaining to the License
  Provisions Pertaining to the License
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
- Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
  Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

The state cited rules at 5 of this home's 6 inspections. Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times split three ways: 31% had fewer, 25% the same, and 44% more (328 family homes).

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%This home
All 644%

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: August 11, 2025
On file: 6 visits since June 2016 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was September 11, 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.

Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · August 11, 2025

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) through (23) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(23)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 539962 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jun 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 22, 2021

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 539962 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · July 23, 2019

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(4)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · Violation corrected

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 539962 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2017 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · June 23, 2017

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (h)(2) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(4)(a) · 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(32) · 406.8(h)(2)

Records and Reports

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(d) · 406.24(e) · 406.24(f)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · 406.12(h)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 539962 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2016 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · June 17, 2016

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) · Violation corrected

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 539962 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone: (773) 301-2151
Address: 8216 S Lafayette Ave, Chicago, 60620

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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 "BROWN, MARCIA" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 539962).
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 "BROWN, MARCIA" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 539962).

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.