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Brown, Courtney

8500 S DREXEL AVE, Chicago, IL 60619

Home Daycare · Pending renewal application · Licensed since 2023

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8 safety violations (40614C2 +7 more) in the last 3 year(s) — corrective plan in progress; 29 administrative violations in the last 3 year(s)

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Category check

No serious safety issues right now; some safety areas have past or minor findings.

Safety

can be flagged serious
  • Background checks
  • Supervision
  • Discipline2
  • Health & sanitation16
  • Building safety

Administrative

records, staffing & routine — minor
  • Staff-to-child ratios
  • Staff training1
  • Paperwork / records3
  • Operations15

Key findings

Most recent or most severe violations based on your filters.

40614C2Health & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Unsafe infant sleep environment — prohibited soft objects present (suffocation/SIDS risk)

2026-02-18
40614C3Health & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Unsafe infant sleep practice — infant not placed on back on firm, flat surface (SIDS risk)

2026-02-18
40614C4Health & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Unsafe infant sleep requirement not met (SIDS risk)

2026-02-18

All violations

37 violations shown (7 outside lookback window)

DCFS SunshineSearch Provider #617037
Discipline(2)
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40615ADisciplineSubstantiated (plan issued)

DISCIPLINE — prohibited discipline in family day care home

2026-02-18
40615ADisciplineSubstantiated (plan issued)

DISCIPLINE — prohibited discipline in family day care home

2025-03-25

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

Health & sanitation(16)
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40614CHealth & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — health & safety requirement not met

2026-02-18
40614C2Health & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Unsafe infant sleep environment — prohibited soft objects present (suffocation/SIDS risk)

2026-02-18
40614C3Health & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Unsafe infant sleep practice — infant not placed on back on firm, flat surface (SIDS risk)

2026-02-18
40614C4Health & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Unsafe infant sleep requirement not met (SIDS risk)

2026-02-18
40614E1Health & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — health & safety requirement not met

2026-02-18
40622Health & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — children under 30 months requirement not met

2026-02-18
40624BHealth & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — records & reports requirement not met (§406.24)

2026-02-18
40624EHealth & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — records & reports requirement not met (§406.24)

2026-02-18
40624FHealth & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — records & reports requirement not met (§406.24)

2026-02-18
40614CHealth & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — health & safety requirement not met

2025-03-25

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

40614C2Health & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Unsafe infant sleep environment — prohibited soft objects present (suffocation/SIDS risk)

2025-03-25

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

40614C3Health & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Unsafe infant sleep practice — infant not placed on back on firm, flat surface (SIDS risk)

2025-03-25

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

40614C4Health & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Unsafe infant sleep requirement not met (SIDS risk)

2025-03-25

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

40624BHealth & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — records & reports requirement not met (§406.24)

2025-03-25

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

40624EHealth & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — records & reports requirement not met (§406.24)

2025-03-25

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

40624FHealth & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — records & reports requirement not met (§406.24)

2025-03-25

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

Staff training(1)
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4069TStaff trainingSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — annual 15-clock-hour in-service training requirement not met

2025-03-25

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

Paperwork / records(3)
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40612B3Paperwork / recordkeepingSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — enrollment or discharge procedure not followed

2026-02-18
40612HPaperwork / recordkeepingSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — enrollment or discharge procedure not followed

2026-02-18
40612B3Paperwork / recordkeepingSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — enrollment or discharge procedure not followed

2025-03-25

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

Operations(15)
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4068A2OperationsCorrected

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2026-02-18
4068A3OperationsCorrected

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2026-02-18
4068A4AOperationsCorrected

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2026-02-18
4068A5AOperationsCorrected

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2026-02-18
4068A14OperationsCorrected

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2026-02-18
4068A22OperationsCorrected

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2026-02-18
4068A20OperationsCorrected

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2026-02-18
4068F1OperationsSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2026-02-18
4068GOperationsSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2026-02-18
4068J2OperationsSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2026-02-18
40616C1OperationsCorrected

Family home — activity requirements not met

2026-02-18
40616C2OperationsCorrected

Family home — activity requirements not met

2026-02-18
40621DOperationsSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — school-age program requirement not met

2026-02-18
4068A2OperationsSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2025-03-25

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

40621DOperationsSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — school-age program requirement not met

2025-03-25

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

How we rate this daycareIllinois DCFS records

DCFS doesn't grade violations, so we classify each citation by the rule it cites: rules tied to immediate child safety (supervision, background checks, discipline, and the higher-risk building and health rules) are red; administrative rules (ratios, training, paperwork) are yellow. Classification is per citation, so two findings in the same category can differ.

🔴 Serious concerns — any of:

  • A child-safety (red) violation is still unresolved — past its correction deadline, or cited again as a repeat
  • DCFS issued a Protective Plan — a formal finding of an active risk to a child
  • 2 or more violations are past their correction deadline

🟡 Watch carefully — any of:

  • A child-safety (red) violation was corrected or is being corrected
  • 3 or more administrative (yellow) violations
  • 1 violation is past its correction deadline
  • An active corrective plan — DCFS formally required a fix

🟢 Clean

Actively licensed, with no violations (or only minor, corrected ones) in your lookback window.

Data sourced from Illinois DCFS (DCFS Sunshine). Last updated: Aug 7, 2026. GoldiCheck is not affiliated with DCFS. Always verify with the DCFS Sunshine record (search Provider #617037).

This is a home-based program. The operator's name and address are published by DCFS as part of the licensing record, under state transparency law; we republish only what that record makes public.