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Chicago · Licensed family home

Crowder, Wanda F

At a glance

  • Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.

What to know

License: 6 weeks to 12 years (state).

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 5 of its licensing inspections since November 2010.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Nov 17, 20223 citations
    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)

    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)

    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)

  • Sep 1, 20212 citations
    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)

    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(j)(5)

  • Sep 4, 20199 citations
    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)

    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(i)

    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(j)

    • 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(c)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

    • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
      • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)

    • Health, Medical Care and Safety
      • Health, Medical Care and Safety

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(h)

  • Oct 4, 20174 citations
    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)

    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(k)

    • Provisions Pertaining to the License
      • Provisions Pertaining to the License

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

    • Nutrition and Meals
      • Nutrition and Meals

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(g)

  • Nov 18, 20103 citations
    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(16)

    • Substitutes
      • Substitutes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(c)

    • Children Under 30 Months of Age
      • Children Under 30 Months of Age

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(b)(4)

The state cited rules at all 5 of this home's inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 5 times had fewer: 57% of 357.

How all 357 Chicago-area family homes inspected 5 times compare

Of the 357 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None1%
  • 1 of 56%
  • 2 of 512%
  • 3 of 517%
  • 4 of 521%
  • All 543%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
November 17, 2022
On file
5 visits since November 2010 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was December 17, 2022. 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 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · November 17, 2022

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) through (29) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(a)(29)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419222 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · September 1, 2021

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f) through (j)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f) · 406.8(j)(5)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419222 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · September 4, 2019

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(i) · 406.8(j)

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(d) · 406.24(e)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) through (t) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) · 406.9(t)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(h) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419222 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2017 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · October 4, 2017

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) through (k) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(k)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected on site

Nutrition and Meals

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(g) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419222 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2010 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · November 18, 2010

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(16) · Violation corrected

Substitutes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(c) · Violation corrected

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(b)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419222 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone
(773) 889-4209
Address
1647 N Narragansett Ave, Chicago, 60639

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "CROWDER, WANDA F" under Provider Name and 60639 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 419222).
  • 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 "CROWDER, WANDA F" under Provider Name and 60639 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 419222).

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.

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