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Dorsey, Willilett

At a glance

  • Small family home, licensed for up to 7 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 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since May 2017.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Apr 11, 20252 citations
    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

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

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(2)

  • Apr 26, 20242 citations
    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

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

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • Apr 18, 2023Nothing cited
  • Dec 27, 20191 citation
    • Health, Medical Care and Safety
      • Health, Medical Care and Safety

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(k)

  • Nov 26, 20198 citations
    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17)

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

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

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(q)

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

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3)

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

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)

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

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

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

  • Apr 23, 20194 citations
    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

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

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(i)

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)

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

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)

  • May 9, 20175 citations
    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)

    • 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)

    • 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(c)

The state cited rules at 6 of this home's 7 inspections. Chicago-area family homes inspected 7 times split three ways: 32% had fewer, 25% the same, and 43% more (229 family homes).

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%This home
  • All 743%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
April 11, 2025
On file
7 visits since May 2017 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was May 11, 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.

Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 11, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29) · Violation corrected

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 371716 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 26, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29) · Violation corrected

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 371716 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Dec 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · December 27, 2019

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(k) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 371716 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2019 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · November 26, 2019

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) through (23) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(17) · 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(23)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) through (i) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · 406.12(i)

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(q) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 371716 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 23, 2019

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g) · 406.8(i)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 371716 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2017 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · May 9, 2017

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (29) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(a)(29)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (d) · Violation corrected

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 371716 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone
(773) 384-6051
Address
4303 W Cortez St, Chicago, 60651

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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 "DORSEY, WILLILETT" under Provider Name and 60651 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 371716).
  • 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 "DORSEY, WILLILETT" under Provider Name and 60651 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 371716).

Small means licensed for 2 to 7 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Mid-size is 8; 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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