Chicago · Licensed family home
Gaines, Bernice
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 7 licensing inspections since November 2016.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Oct 22, 2026Nothing cited
- Aug 18, 2026Nothing cited
- Dec 5, 2025Nothing cited
Oct 11, 20241 citation
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Oct 19, 20233 citations
Application for License
Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(h)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(j)
Nov 7, 20173 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2)
Nov 3, 20164 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2)
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)(14)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)
The state cited rules at 4 of this home's 7 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 7 times had more: 83% of 229 had rules cited at 5 or more.
How all 229 Chicago-area family homes inspected 7 times compare
Of the 229 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 7under 1%
- 2 of 71%
- 3 of 73%
- 4 of 714%This home
- 5 of 715%
- 6 of 725%
- All 743%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- October 22, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since November 2016 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was November 11, 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.
Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 11, 2024
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 385405 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · October 19, 2023
Application for License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(h) · 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(j) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 385405 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2017 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · November 7, 2017
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) through (14) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) · 406.8(a)(14)
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 385405 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2016 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · November 3, 2016
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) through (e) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) · 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(e)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 385405 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 386-1543
- Address
- 3453 W Beach Ave, Chicago, 60651
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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 "GAINES, BERNICE" under Provider Name and 60651 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 385405).
- 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 "GAINES, BERNICE" under Provider Name and 60651 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 385405).
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.