Chicago · Licensed family home

Nicholson, Denise

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 7 of its 8 licensing inspections since May 2017.

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

May 30, 202513 citations

  • 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)(3)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)(b)

9 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(b)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(d)

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)(c)

  • 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)(4)

Jul 23, 20243 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(g)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(i)

Sep 13, 20234 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(l)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

May 26, 20225 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Activity Requirements

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)

  • Activity Requirements

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)(4)

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)(e)

1 more from this inspection

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(5)

Jul 13, 202112 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3)

  • 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)(11)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)

8 more from this inspection

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • 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)(19)(g)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(h)

  • 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(e)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

Oct 1, 20202 citations

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(b)

Apr 29, 2019No rules cited
May 24, 20174 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(g)

  • 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)(21)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
May 30, 2025
On file
8 visits since May 2017 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was June 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.

May 2025 Monitoring visit 13 findings

Monitoring visit · May 30, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (g) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(19)(b) · 406.8(a)(19)(d) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(g)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)(b) through (c) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)(b) · 406.12(h)(1)(c)

Application for Renewal of License

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 424738 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 23, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) through (i) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(g) · 406.8(i)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 424738 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · September 13, 2023

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) through (t) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) · 406.9(l) · 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 424738 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · May 26, 2022

Activity Requirements

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c) · 406.16(c)(4)

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)(e) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 424738 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2021 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · July 13, 2021

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

8 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(a)(19)(g) · 406.8(a)(19)(h) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(e)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) through (t) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 424738 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · October 1, 2020

Cooperation with the Department

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) through (b) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · 406.26(b)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 424738 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2019 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
May 2017 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · May 24, 2017

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) through (21) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(21)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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 424738 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

8723565558

Address
8910 S Ada St
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked July 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 "NICHOLSON, DENISE" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 424738).

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.