Chicago · Licensed family home

Garfield, Dorene

Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
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What these mean, and where they come from

Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.

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What the state has found

Routine visits: 6 of 7 cited something

Chicago-area family homes: the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits.

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: June 23, 2025
On file: 7 visits since January 2014 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was March 27, 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.

Jun 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · June 23, 2025

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(15) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(c) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · Violation corrected

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(e)(8) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 521003 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · February 26, 2024

Records and Reports

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(2) · 408.120(a)(2)(f) · 408.120(a)(3)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 521003 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 9, 2021

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 521003 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2018 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · January 24, 2018

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(i) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(i) · 408.60(j)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(a) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 521003 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2014 Monitoring visit 24 findings

Monitoring visit · December 17, 2014

Caregivers

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(a) through (l) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(a) · 408.45(b) · 408.45(f) · 408.45(h) · 408.45(j) · 408.45(l)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

Records and Reports

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b) through (q) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b) · 408.120(h) · 408.120(o) · 408.120(q)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i) through (k) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i) · 408.35(j) · 408.35(k)

Substitutes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(a) through (e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(a) · 408.55(c) · 408.55(e)

Number and Ages of Children Served

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(a) through (1)(c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(a) · 408.65(a)(1)(c)

Program

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(f) · Violation corrected

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(g) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 521003 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2014 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · January 13, 2014

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)(1)(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 521003 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (16,457 visits).

Details

7736383542

Address: 626 N Trumbull Ave
License: license issued (il)

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All checked July 2026.

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Details

Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "GARFIELD, DORENE" under Provider Name and 60624 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 521003).