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Hamilton, Joann K

817 N COUNTY ST, Waukegan, IL 60085

Home Daycare · Licensed · Licensed since 2015

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1 outstanding (past-deadline) violation: 40624G (Family home — records & reports requirement not met (§406.24)) on 2025-10-07; 3 background_check violations (CCASEC46II +2 more) in the last 3 year(s) — corrected; 16 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 checks3
  • Supervision
  • Discipline
  • Health & sanitation2
  • Building safety

Administrative

records, staffing & routine — minor
  • Staff-to-child ratios
  • Staff training
  • Paperwork / records1
  • Operations13

Key findings

Most recent or most severe violations based on your filters.

CCASEC46IIBackground checksAbated

Staff member with disqualifying criminal record working with children (Health Care Worker Background Check Act §25-II)

This citation category applies under Illinois' Health Care Worker Background Check Act when a background check identifies a Category II record — offenses such as certain drug felonies, robbery, or aggravated assault. These are presumptively disqualifying, though DCFS may grant a formal waiver under specific conditions. Check the status shown with this finding: these are commonly recorded once screening has surfaced the record and the facility has responded.

2025-08-21
CCASEC46IBackground checksCorrected

Staff member with NON-WAIVABLE disqualifying criminal record working with children (Health Care Worker Background Check Act §25-I)

This citation category applies when a background check identifies a Category I record — the offense classes Illinois never permits a waiver for. Under the Act, a person with such a record cannot work with children. Check the status shown with this finding: a Category I citation most often reflects the screening system doing its job — the check surfaced a record and the facility acted on it — rather than a continuing situation.

2023-08-24
CCASEC46IIBackground checksCorrected

Staff member with disqualifying criminal record working with children (Health Care Worker Background Check Act §25-II)

This citation category applies under Illinois' Health Care Worker Background Check Act when a background check identifies a Category II record — offenses such as certain drug felonies, robbery, or aggravated assault. These are presumptively disqualifying, though DCFS may grant a formal waiver under specific conditions. Check the status shown with this finding: these are commonly recorded once screening has surfaced the record and the facility has responded.

2023-08-24

All violations

19 violations shown (43 outside lookback window)

DCFS SunshineSearch Provider #528727
Background checks(3)
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CCASEC46IIBackground checksAbated

Staff member with disqualifying criminal record working with children (Health Care Worker Background Check Act §25-II)

This citation category applies under Illinois' Health Care Worker Background Check Act when a background check identifies a Category II record — offenses such as certain drug felonies, robbery, or aggravated assault. These are presumptively disqualifying, though DCFS may grant a formal waiver under specific conditions. Check the status shown with this finding: these are commonly recorded once screening has surfaced the record and the facility has responded.

2025-08-21
CCASEC46IBackground checksCorrected

Staff member with NON-WAIVABLE disqualifying criminal record working with children (Health Care Worker Background Check Act §25-I)

This citation category applies when a background check identifies a Category I record — the offense classes Illinois never permits a waiver for. Under the Act, a person with such a record cannot work with children. Check the status shown with this finding: a Category I citation most often reflects the screening system doing its job — the check surfaced a record and the facility acted on it — rather than a continuing situation.

2023-08-24
CCASEC46IIBackground checksCorrected

Staff member with disqualifying criminal record working with children (Health Care Worker Background Check Act §25-II)

This citation category applies under Illinois' Health Care Worker Background Check Act when a background check identifies a Category II record — offenses such as certain drug felonies, robbery, or aggravated assault. These are presumptively disqualifying, though DCFS may grant a formal waiver under specific conditions. Check the status shown with this finding: these are commonly recorded once screening has surfaced the record and the facility has responded.

2023-08-24
Health & sanitation(2)
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40624GHealth & sanitationPast deadline — not corrected

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

2025-10-07
40624FHealth & sanitationCorrected

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

2023-08-24
Paperwork / records(1)
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40612IPaperwork / recordkeepingCorrected

Family home — enrollment or discharge procedure not followed

2024-08-28
Operations(13)
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4068A4AOperationsAbated

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2025-08-21
4068GOperationsAbated

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2025-08-21
4065EOperationsCorrected

Family home — license renewal application requirement not met

2024-08-28
4068F2OperationsCorrected

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2024-08-28
4066KOperationsCorrected

Family home — license provision requirement not met (§406.6)

2024-08-28
4068GOperationsAbated

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2023-09-26
4068AOperationsAbated

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2023-09-26
4066KOperationsCorrected

Family home — license provision requirement not met (§406.6)

2023-08-24
4068A21OperationsCorrected

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2023-08-24
4068A23OperationsCorrected

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2023-08-24
4068BOperationsCorrected

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2023-08-24
4068GOperationsCorrected

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2023-08-24
4068AOperationsCorrected

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2023-08-24
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 #528727).

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.