Chicago · Licensed family home
Thomas, Gina
At a glance
- Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 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 all 5 of its licensing inspections since March 2017.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
May 11, 20265 citations
Child Care Assistants
Child Care Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)
May 5, 20253 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(i)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(l)
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(j)
Apr 25, 20242 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13)
Children Under 30 Months of Age
Children Under 30 Months of Age
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(g)(6)
Mar 20, 20237 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(14)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(16)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(x)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j)
Child Care Assistants
Child Care Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h)
School Age Children
School Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)
Mar 3, 20173 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)
The state cited rules at all 5 of this home's inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 5 times had fewer: 57% of 357.
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%
- 4 of 521%
- All 543%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- May 11, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since March 2017 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 10, 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.
May 2026 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · May 11, 2026
Health, Medical Care and Safety
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (4) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(4)
Child Care Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 360266 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · May 5, 2025
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(i) through (l) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(i) · 408.30(l)
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(j) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 360266 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · April 25, 2024
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13) · Violation corrected
Children Under 30 Months of Age
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(g)(6) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 360266 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2023 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · March 20, 2023
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(14) through (x) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(14) · 408.30(a)(16) · 408.30(x)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j) · Violation corrected
Child Care Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · Violation corrected
School Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 360266 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2017 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · March 3, 2017
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13) through (20) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13) · 408.30(a)(20)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 360266 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 848-6155
- Address
- 7225 S Prairie Ave, Chicago, 60619
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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 "THOMAS, GINA" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 360266).
- 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 "THOMAS, GINA" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 360266).
Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.