River Grove · Licensed family home
Gussie, Doreen 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 3 of its 5 licensing inspections since June 2015.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jun 6, 2025Nothing cited
- May 22, 2024Nothing cited
Sep 10, 20181 citation
Number and Ages of Children Served
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13
Aug 6, 20181 citation
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Jun 5, 20152 citations
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
The state cited rules at 3 of this home's 5 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 5 times had more: 64% of 357 had rules cited at 4 or more.
How all 357 Chicago-area family homes inspected 5 times compare
Of the 357 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None1%
- 1 of 56%
- 2 of 512%
- 3 of 517%This home
- 4 of 521%
- All 543%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- June 6, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since June 2015 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 11, 2018. 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.
Sep 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 10, 2018
Number and Ages of Children Served
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 440901 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 6, 2018
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 440901 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2015 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 5, 2015
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 440901 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 504-2354
- Address
- 2563 Clarke St, River Grove, 60171
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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 "GUSSIE, DOREEN J" under Provider Name and 60171 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 440901).
- 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 "GUSSIE, DOREEN J" under Provider Name and 60171 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 440901).
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.