Chicago · Licensed family home
Coleman, Tara T
A family home in Chicago, licensed for up to 12 children. The state cited something at 13 of 14 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: 13 of 14 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
- April 2, 2025
- On file
- 14 visits since May 2011 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 18, 2026. 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.
Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · April 2, 2025
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(5)(a) through (k) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(5)(a) · 408.30(k)
Program
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(e)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 496080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2024 Monitoring visit 10 findings
Monitoring visit · July 15, 2024
Health, Medical Care and Safety
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) through (j) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · 408.60(j)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75(a) · Violation corrected
School Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 496080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · April 7, 2023
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(i) · Violation corrected on site
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 496080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2020 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · March 9, 2020
School Age Children
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g) · 408.110(g)(1) · 408.110(g)(2) · 408.110(g)(3) · 408.110(g)(4)
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
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(h)(4) through (k) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(h)(4) · 408.60(j)(1) · 408.60(k)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 496080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 21, 2019
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(d)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 496080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 22, 2018
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(j) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 496080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2017 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · March 6, 2017
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)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) · 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)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 496080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · February 24, 2016
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 496080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2015 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · April 2, 2015
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(i) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(e)(1) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)(1) · Violation corrected
Children Under 30 Months of Age
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(b)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 496080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2014 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · April 21, 2014
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 496080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2013 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · March 18, 2013
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2) · 408.120(a)(3)
Child Care Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 496080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2012 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · April 18, 2012
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) through (k) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) · 408.30(a)(6) · 408.30(k)
Background Checks
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(a) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(i) · Violation corrected
Number and Ages of Children Served
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(c) · 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 496080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2011 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · May 5, 2011
Records and Reports
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2) through (l)(1) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2) · 408.120(h) · 408.120(i) · 408.120(l)(1)
Caregivers
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) through (j) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · 408.45(j)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) through (k) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · 408.60(k)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(5) · Violation corrected on site
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 496080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7738912873
- Address
- 6548 S Ellis 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 "COLEMAN, TARA T" under Provider Name and 60637 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 496080).