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Winfield Bell, Pollette M

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since January 2019.

Of the 408 Chicago-area family homes with 4 licensing inspections, 43% had rules cited at all 4, as this home did. 6% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Apr 3, 202513 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

9 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Transportation of Children By Day Care Home

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.18(a)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • School Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(2)

  • 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)(19)(h)

Mar 12, 20245 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • 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)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6)

1 more from this inspection

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

Jan 17, 20239 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

  • 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(a)(3)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5)

5 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6)

  • 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)(21)

  • 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(h)

Jan 11, 20191 citation

  • 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
April 3, 2025
On file
4 visits since January 2019 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was May 3, 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.

Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 13 findings

Monitoring visit · April 3, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g) through (g)(1) · Violation substantiated

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) through (2) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · 406.9(t)(2)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1) · 406.12(i)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Transportation of Children By Day Care Home

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.18(a) · Violation substantiated

School Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d) · Violation substantiated

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 527786 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · March 12, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) through (g)(1) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) · 406.8(a)(29) · 406.8(g)(1)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 527786 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · January 17, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(5) · 406.8(a)(6) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(g) · 406.8(h)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 527786 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 11, 2019

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 527786 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

7738581729

Address
4200 177th St
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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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 "WINFIELD BELL, POLLETTE M" under Provider Name and 60478 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 527786).

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.