Chicago · Licensed family home

Jackson, Gemise

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since December 2019.

Of the 353 Chicago-area family homes with 5 licensing inspections, 43% had rules cited at all 5, as this home did. 1% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Dec 16, 20251 citation

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

Jun 21, 20242 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(g)

Nov 29, 20232 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

Sep 22, 20228 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b)(2)(b)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)

4 more from this inspection

  • 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)(4)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Dec 20, 20198 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

4 more from this inspection

  • 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(h)(4)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)(1)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
December 16, 2025
On file
5 visits since December 2019 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was December 30, 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.

Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · December 16, 2025

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 565764 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 21, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) through (g) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(g)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 565764 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · November 29, 2023

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 565764 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · September 22, 2022

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (4) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (23) · Violation substantiated

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) · Violation substantiated

Number and Ages of Children Served

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b)(2)(b) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 565764 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2019 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · December 20, 2019

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) through (f)(1) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) · 406.8(f) · 406.8(f)(1)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(h)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 565764 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

7735756929

Address
525 E Bowen Ave Apt 1
License
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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 "JACKSON, GEMISE" under Provider Name and 60653 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 565764).

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.