Chicago · Licensed family home
Embrey, Calitha
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 5 of its licensing inspections since March 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jan 22, 20264 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(a)(28)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(j)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)
Jan 9, 20251 citation
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)
Sep 26, 20243 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(c)
Dec 14, 20237 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(22)
Substitutes
Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(a)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(5)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(o)
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)(21)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)
Mar 31, 20222 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(m)
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
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State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- January 22, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since March 2022 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was February 5, 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.
Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · January 22, 2026
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(28) through (j) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(28) · 406.8(g) · 406.8(j)
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605630 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 9, 2025
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605630 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · September 26, 2024
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(c) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(c) · 406.8(a)(5) · 406.8(a)(6)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605630 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · December 14, 2023
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (23) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(22) · 406.8(a)(23)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(o) through (t)(5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(o) · 406.9(t)(5)
Substitutes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605630 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 31, 2022
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a) through (m) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a) · 406.8(m)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605630 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (000) 000-0000
- Address
- 1533 S Kilbourn Ave, Chicago, 60623
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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 "EMBREY, CALITHA" under Provider Name and 60623 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 605630).
- 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 "EMBREY, CALITHA" under Provider Name and 60623 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 605630).
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.