Nichols, Kathy J
GoldiCheck · State record
9 safety violations (40615 +8 more) in the last 3 year(s) — corrected; 45 administrative violations in the last 3 year(s)
Category check
No serious safety issues right now; some safety areas have past or minor findings.
Safety
can be flagged seriousKey findings
Most recent or most severe violations based on your filters.
DISCIPLINE — prohibited physical or harmful discipline used in family day care home
FAMILY HOME SWIMMING/WADING — water safety requirement not met (drowning risk)
Staff member working WITHOUT a completed background check (Child Care Act §7(a))
Illinois law (Child Care Act §7(a)) requires daycare employees to pass a criminal history check before working with children. This citation is recorded when that screening is incomplete or not documented for someone in the facility's personnel records. DCFS typically pairs it with a corrective plan requiring the screening be completed.
All violations
54 violations shown (37 outside lookback window)
Background checks(6)
Background check not completed for a household or non-staff member
Staff member working WITHOUT a completed background check (Child Care Act §7(a))
Illinois law (Child Care Act §7(a)) requires daycare employees to pass a criminal history check before working with children. This citation is recorded when that screening is incomplete or not documented for someone in the facility's personnel records. DCFS typically pairs it with a corrective plan requiring the screening be completed.
Family home provider has NOT completed required background check
Staff member working WITHOUT a completed background check (Child Care Act §7(a))
Illinois law (Child Care Act §7(a)) requires daycare employees to pass a criminal history check before working with children. This citation is recorded when that screening is incomplete or not documented for someone in the facility's personnel records. DCFS typically pairs it with a corrective plan requiring the screening be completed.
Staff member working without a required background check clearance
This citation family covers Illinois background-check requirements for people working with children in licensed care. Check the sub-code and the status shown with this finding for what specifically was cited and where it stands.
Background check not completed for a household or non-staff member
Discipline(1)
DISCIPLINE — prohibited physical or harmful discipline used in family day care home
Health & sanitation(12)
Family home — health & safety requirement not met
Family home — nutrition or meal service requirement not met
Family home — children under 30 months requirement not met
Family home — records & reports requirement not met (§406.24)
Family home — health & safety requirement not met
Family home — nutrition or meal service requirement not met
Family home — health & safety requirement not met
Unsafe infant sleep environment — prohibited soft objects present (suffocation/SIDS risk)
Unsafe infant sleep practice — infant not placed on back on firm, flat surface (SIDS risk)
Unsafe infant sleep requirement not met (SIDS risk)
Family home — health & safety requirement not met
Family home — nutrition or meal service requirement not met
Building safety(1)
FAMILY HOME SWIMMING/WADING — water safety requirement not met (drowning risk)
Staff-to-child ratios(4)
Family home — capacity or age group limit exceeded
Family home — capacity or age group limit exceeded
Family home — capacity or age group limit exceeded
Family home — capacity or age group limit exceeded
Staff training(6)
Family home — provider qualification requirement not met
Family home — assistant qualification requirement not met
Family home — assistant qualification requirement not met
Family home — annual 15-clock-hour in-service training requirement not met
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Family home — primary caregiver not certified in CPR, Heimlich maneuver, and infant/child CPR
Family home — assistant qualification requirement not met
Paperwork / records(3)
Family home — enrollment or discharge procedure not followed
Family home — enrollment or discharge procedure not followed
Family home — enrollment or discharge procedure not followed
Operations(21)
Family home — license provision requirement not met (§406.6)
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
Family home — substitute caregiver requirement not met
Family home — activity requirements not met
Family home — children with special needs requirement not met
Family home — school-age program requirement not met
Family home — licensing requirement not met
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
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 #563069).
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.