Chicago · Licensed family home
Dabney, Tammy M
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 7 of its licensing inspections since February 2017.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Mar 13, 20266 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(h)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)
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)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)(1)
May 9, 20246 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)(1)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Mar 1, 20241 citation
Cooperation with the Department
Cooperation with the Department
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)
Mar 7, 20231 citation
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)(2)(c)
Feb 20, 20201 citation
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
Jan 19, 20181 citation
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1)
Feb 23, 20171 citation
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
The state cited rules at all 7 of this home's inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 7 times had fewer: 57% of 229.
How all 229 Chicago-area family homes inspected 7 times compare
Of the 229 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 7under 1%
- 2 of 71%
- 3 of 73%
- 4 of 714%
- 5 of 715%
- 6 of 725%
- All 743%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- March 13, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since February 2017 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 13, 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.
Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · March 13, 2026
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g) through (f)(1) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g) · 406.8(a)(19)(h) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(a)(29) · 406.8(f)(1)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461023 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · May 9, 2024
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) through (g) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(f)(1) · 406.8(g)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) · Violation substantiated
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15 · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461023 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 1, 2024
Cooperation with the Department
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461023 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 7, 2023
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)(2)(c) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461023 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 20, 2020
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461023 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 19, 2018
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461023 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 23, 2017
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 461023 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 671-8746
- Address
- 742 W 116th St, Chicago, 60628
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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 "DABNEY, TAMMY M" under Provider Name and 60628 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 461023).
- 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 "DABNEY, TAMMY M" under Provider Name and 60628 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 461023).
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.