Plainfield · Licensed family home
Chiavola, Darlene A
A family home in Plainfield, licensed for up to 12 children. The state cited something at 9 of 11 routine visits (Chicago-area family homes: about 4 in 5). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Larger home. Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.
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: 9 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
- October 21, 2025
- On file
- 11 visits since October 2010 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was November 8, 2024. 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.
Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 9, 2024
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 256602 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · November 1, 2022
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 256602 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · December 20, 2021
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 256602 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · November 16, 2018
Records and Reports
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(2) · 408.120(a)(3)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 256602 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2015 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · November 16, 2015
Records and Reports
6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) through (o) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(a)(6) · 408.120(h) · 408.120(i) · 408.120(l)(3) · 408.120(o)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)(1) · Violation corrected
Number and Ages of Children Served
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 256602 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2014 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · November 18, 2014
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 256602 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2012 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · October 29, 2012
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (3) · Rule cited again
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)(1) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(6) · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 256602 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2011 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · November 8, 2011
Health, Medical Care and Safety
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(6) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 256602 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2010 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · October 25, 2010
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(16) · Violation corrected
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4) · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 256602 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 8159310384
- Address
- 7004 Desert Dr
- License
- license issued (il)
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Sources and dates
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All checked August 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 "CHIAVOLA, DARLENE A" under Provider Name and 60586 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 256602).