Park Forest · Licensed family home
Daniels, Gwendolyn J
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 9 of its 10 licensing inspections since April 2011.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Mar 9, 20263 citations
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)
Feb 26, 20253 citations
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(n)
Feb 23, 20243 citations
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)
Activity Requirements
Activity Requirements
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)
Dec 30, 20221 citation
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(j)
Dec 21, 20221 citation
Cooperation with the Department
Cooperation with the Department
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26
- Mar 22, 2022Nothing cited
Jan 7, 20202 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)
Feb 18, 20165 citations
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
May 7, 20142 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(32)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Apr 8, 20114 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)
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)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)
The state cited rules at 9 of this home's 10 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 10 or more times had rules cited at some but not all of theirs, as this home did: 56% of 375.
How all 375 Chicago-area family homes inspected 10 or more times compare
Of the 375 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 10 or more times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- Some56%This home
- All44%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- March 9, 2026
- On file
- 10 visits since April 2011 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 8, 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.
Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · March 9, 2026
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) through (23) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 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 substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 349161 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · February 26, 2025
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) through (23) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(23)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 349161 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · February 23, 2024
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) through (23) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(23)
Activity Requirements
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 349161 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · December 30, 2022
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(j) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 349161 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · December 21, 2022
Cooperation with the Department
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 349161 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · January 7, 2020
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) through (f) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(f)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 349161 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2016 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · February 18, 2016
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) through (21) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(21)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 349161 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2014 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · May 7, 2014
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(32) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 349161 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2011 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · April 8, 2011
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 349161 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 531-3572
- Address
- 113 Hay St, Park Forest, 60466
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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 "DANIELS, GWENDOLYN J" under Provider Name and 60466 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 349161).
- 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 "DANIELS, GWENDOLYN J" under Provider Name and 60466 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 349161).
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.