Forest Park · Licensed family home

Garness, Kathleen M

Small family home, licensed for up to 6 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 7 of its 8 licensing inspections since September 2011.

Of the 183 Chicago-area family homes with 8 licensing inspections, 22% had rules cited at 7 of them, as this home did. 42% had rules cited at all 8.

Licensing inspections

Apr 1, 20261 citation

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)

Apr 4, 2025No rules cited

Apr 2, 20182 citations

Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1)

Mar 27, 20173 citations

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g)

Apr 8, 20157 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(32)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)

3 more from this inspection

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(i)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)

Apr 30, 20143 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)
Children Under 30 Months of Age
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(1)

Apr 12, 20134 citations

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(ai)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(3)

Sep 2, 201112 citations

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)(20)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(3)

8 more from this inspection

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(f)
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)(5)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(d)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: April 1, 2026
On file: 8 visits since September 2011 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was May 1, 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 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 1, 2026

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 180505 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 2, 2018

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1) · Violation substantiated

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 180505 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 27, 2017

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 180505 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2015 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · April 8, 2015

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(32) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(32) · 406.8(e) · 406.8(h)

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)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(i) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 180505 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2014 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · April 30, 2014

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

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

Children Under 30 Months of Age

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 180505 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2013 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 12, 2013

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a) through (ai) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a) · 406.12(b)(3)(ai)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) through (e)(3) · Violation substantiated

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 180505 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2011 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · September 2, 2011

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (23) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(5) · 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(23)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4) · 406.14(d)

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e)(3) · 406.24(f)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 180505 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

7086986159

Address: 102 Lathrop
License: license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

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All checked August 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 "GARNESS, KATHLEEN M" under Provider Name and 60130 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 180505).

Small means licensed for 2 to 7 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Mid-size is 8; larger is 9 to 12.