Chicago · Licensed family home

Garfield, Dorene

Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since January 2014.

Of the 225 Chicago-area family homes with 7 licensing inspections, 25% had rules cited at 6 of them, as this home did. 43% had rules cited at all 7.

Licensing inspections

Jun 23, 20254 citations

Children Under 30 Months of Age
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(e)(8)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(15)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(c)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)

Feb 26, 20245 citations

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2)(f)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1)

1 more from this inspection

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2)

Aug 28, 2023No rules cited

Mar 9, 20211 citation

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)

Jan 24, 20187 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(i)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)

3 more from this inspection

Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(a)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)

Dec 17, 201424 citations

Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(j)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(k)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)

20 more from this inspection

Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(l)
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(o)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(q)
Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(a)
Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(c)
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(a)
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(a)(1)(c)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i)
Program
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(f)
Children Under 30 Months of Age
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(g)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b)
Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(e)
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(h)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(a)
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(b)

Jan 13, 20145 citations

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)(1)(a)

1 more from this inspection

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)

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.

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Details

7736383542

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

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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 "GARFIELD, DORENE" under Provider Name and 60624 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 521003).

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.