Chicago · Licensed family home

Brackins, Mary C

Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
Shortlist has found no website for it yet.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 8 of its licensing inspections since March 2011.

Of the 183 Chicago-area family homes with 8 licensing inspections, 42% had rules cited at all 8, as this home did.

Licensing inspections

Apr 15, 20262 citations

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(j)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

Feb 13, 20243 citations

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)

Dec 20, 20221 citation

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)

Mar 2, 20223 citations

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

Mar 9, 20211 citation

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)

Jan 23, 20204 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(24)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)

Apr 2, 20144 citations

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)(2)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)(5)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a)

Mar 10, 20118 citations

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)

4 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)(1)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: April 15, 2026
On file: 8 visits since March 2011 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was May 15, 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.

Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 15, 2026

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) · Violation substantiated

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(j) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 455369 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 13, 2024

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (3) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 455369 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 20, 2022

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 455369 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 2, 2022

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 455369 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 9, 2021

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 455369 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 23, 2020

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (24) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(a)(24)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 455369 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2014 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 2, 2014

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (h)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(h)(5)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 455369 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2011 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · March 10, 2011

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3)

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) through (d)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) · 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(d)(2)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)(1) · 406.8(g)(2)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 455369 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

Details

7737339830

Address: 5549 W Jackson Blvd
License: license issued (il)

Run Brackins, Mary C? Correct or add anything here, free.

Add what is missing

Sources and dates

Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.

All checked July 2026.

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BRACKINS, MARY C" under Provider Name and 60644 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 455369).

Mid-size means licensed for 8 children, the size at least half of Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes hold. Small is 2 to 7; larger is 9 to 12.