Calumet City · Licensed family home

Brady, Benai

Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 6 of its licensing inspections since March 2011.

Of the 327 Chicago-area family homes with 6 licensing inspections, 43% had rules cited at all 6, as this home did.

Licensing inspections

Apr 9, 20251 citation

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)

Apr 17, 20232 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)

May 16, 20223 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)

May 30, 20186 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)
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)(24)

2 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(13)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6)

Apr 11, 201214 citations

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(a)(18)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(24)

10 more from this inspection

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)
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)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)
Children Under 30 Months of Age
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(5)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(3)

Mar 2, 20113 citations

Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(f)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(18)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: April 9, 2025
On file: 6 visits since March 2011 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was May 9, 2025. 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 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 9, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 17, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (11) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(11)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · May 16, 2022

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2018 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · May 30, 2018

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) through (29) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) · 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(a)(13) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(a)(24) · 406.8(a)(29)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2012 Monitoring visit 14 findings

Monitoring visit · April 11, 2012

Records and Reports

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) through (e)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) · 406.24(c) · 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(d)(2) · 406.24(e)(3)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(18) · 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(24)

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)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i) · Violation corrected

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2011 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 2, 2011

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(f) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(18) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 475741 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

7737461249

Address: 427 Merrill Ave
License: license issued (il)

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All checked August 2026.

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 2026.

Details

Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BRADY, BENAI" under Provider Name and 60409 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 475741).

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.