Chicago · Licensed family home
Collins, Chikeia C
At a glance
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 6 of its licensing inspections since August 2018.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Nov 6, 20252 citations
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)
Dec 5, 20225 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
Oct 19, 20222 citations
Cooperation with the Department
Cooperation with the Department
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)
Cooperation with the Department
Cooperation with the Department
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(b)
Nov 19, 20211 citation
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Oct 14, 20202 citations
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(j)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(k)
Aug 21, 20184 citations
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(32)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
The state cited rules at all 6 of this home's inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times had fewer: 56% of 328.
How all 328 Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times compare
Of the 328 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 61%
- 2 of 64%
- 3 of 69%
- 4 of 616%
- 5 of 625%
- All 644%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- November 6, 2025
- On file
- 6 visits since August 2018 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 6, 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.
Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · November 6, 2025
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation substantiated
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 556875 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · December 5, 2022
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a) through (f) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a) · 406.8(a)(29) · 406.8(f)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · Violation substantiated
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 556875 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · October 19, 2022
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 556875 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · November 19, 2021
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 556875 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · October 14, 2020
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(j) through (k) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(j) · 406.24(k)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 556875 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · August 21, 2018
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (t) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(32) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 556875 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 600-0377
- Address
- 11044 S Princeton Ave, Chicago, 60628
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "COLLINS, CHIKEIA C" under Provider Name and 60628 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 556875).
- License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "COLLINS, CHIKEIA C" under Provider Name and 60628 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 556875).
- Ages on the license — Checked November 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "COLLINS, CHIKEIA C" under Provider Name and 60628 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 556875).
Mid-size means licensed for 8 children, the size at least half of Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes hold. Small is 2 to 7; larger is 9 to 12.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.