Chicago · Licensed family home
Brown, Carmelita
- Small family home, licensed for up to 7 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What these mean, and where they come from
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: 5 of 5 cited something
Chicago-area family homes: the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine 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
- January 13, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since November 2013 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 19, 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.
Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 13, 2025
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 503202 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · December 12, 2022
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 503202 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · November 20, 2019
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(f) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 503202 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2014 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · November 12, 2014
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) through (24) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(24)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 503202 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2013 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · November 21, 2013
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 503202 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
How the comparison is built
Routine visits: across Chicago-area family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (16,457 visits).
Details
- Address
- 4204 S Calumet Ave
- License
- license issued (il)
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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 "BROWN, CARMELITA" under Provider Name and 60653 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 503202).