Elmwood Park · Licensed family home

O'Brien, Geraldine A

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

The state cited rules at 7 of its 9 licensing inspections since May 2014.

Of the 122 Chicago-area family homes with 9 licensing inspections, 17% had rules cited at 7 of them, as this home did. 46% had rules cited at all 9.

Licensing inspections

Apr 17, 20263 citations

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)
Qualifications for Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(e)

May 15, 2024No rules cited

May 2, 2023No rules cited

Apr 6, 20187 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)
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)(1)

3 more from this inspection

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)(2)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

May 23, 20176 citations

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(3)
Qualifications for Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(a)
Qualifications for Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(e)
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b)(1)(b)

2 more from this inspection

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

Oct 21, 20163 citations

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(n)(1)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)(5)
Activity Requirements
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b)(8)

Mar 21, 20163 citations

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(18)(a)

Apr 13, 20157 citations

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(o)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)(1)

3 more from this inspection

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(3)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

May 5, 20146 citations

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(3)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)(1)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

2 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(c)(4)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: April 17, 2026
On file: 9 visits since May 2014 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was May 17, 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 3 findings

Monitoring visit · April 17, 2026

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Qualifications for Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(e) · Violation substantiated

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 428834 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

May 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · April 6, 2018

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)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) through (29) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) · 406.8(a)(29)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 428834 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2017 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · May 23, 2017

Qualifications for Assistants

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(a) through (e) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(a) · 406.10(e)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

Number and Ages of Children Served

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(3) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 428834 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2016 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 21, 2016

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)(5) · Violation corrected

Activity Requirements

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b)(8) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 428834 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2016 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 21, 2016

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 428834 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 13, 2015

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e) through (g)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e) · 406.8(g)(1)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (o) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(o)

Records and Reports

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

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

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 428834 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2014 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · May 5, 2014

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

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

Records and Reports

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

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

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 428834 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

7084520497

Address: 2900 N 77th 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 "O'BRIEN, GERALDINE A" under Provider Name and 60707 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 428834).

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.