Chicago · Licensed family home
Blade, Marsha D
A family home in Chicago, licensed for up to 7 children. The state cited something at 11 of 11 routine visits (Chicago-area family homes: about 4 in 5). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Small home. Small means licensed for 2 to 7 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Mid-size is 8; larger is 9 to 12.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 11 of 11 cited something
Across Chicago-area family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (16,457 visits).
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- August 20, 2025
- On file
- 11 visits since June 2012 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was August 27, 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.
Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · August 20, 2025
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) · Violation corrected
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 499402 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · June 4, 2024
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(16) through (g) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(16) · 406.8(g)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(p) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499402 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 27, 2020
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499402 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · September 30, 2019
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499402 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · April 20, 2018
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) through (j)(4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · 406.14(j)(4)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499402 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2017 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · February 28, 2017
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(32) · Violation corrected
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499402 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2017 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · February 10, 2017
Cooperation with the Department
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) through (b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · 406.26(b)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499402 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2015 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 14, 2015
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499402 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2014 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · April 17, 2014
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(32) through (e) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(32) · 406.8(e)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3)
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 499402 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2013 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · May 23, 2013
Health, Medical Care and Safety
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4)
Records and Reports
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(d)(2) · 406.24(d)(3)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) · Violation corrected
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 499402 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2012 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 7, 2012
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) · Violation corrected
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 499402 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7736734731
- Address
- 4234 W Cullerton St
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
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Sources and dates
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All checked July 2026.
State record
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BLADE, MARSHA D" under Provider Name and 60623 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 499402).