Chicago · Licensed center

Family Focus -South Shore

Large center, licensed for 148 children.
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What these mean, and where they come from

Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 3 of 3 cited something

Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits. Three visits are too few to read as a pattern.

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: July 17, 2025
On file: 3 visits since December 2023 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was August 17, 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.

Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 16 findings

Monitoring visit · July 17, 2025

General Requirements for Personnel

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(1) · 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(7) · 407.100(i)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) through (t)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(d)(2) · 407.370(d)(3) · 407.370(f)(1) · 407.370(t)(2)

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(5) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(5) · 407.120(b)

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected

Program Requirements for All Ages

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(f)(5) · Violation corrected

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(5) · Violation corrected

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(b)(1) · Violation corrected

Medications

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(e) · Violation corrected

Cited: FHSEC305

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 616537 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 6, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(8) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 616537 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · December 15, 2023

Background Checks for Personnel — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected

Illinois does not publish what came of a report; that investigation is confidential.

Program Requirements for All Ages — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(r) · Violation corrected

Illinois does not publish what came of a report; that investigation is confidential.

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 616537 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).

Details

7733633200

Address: 7037 S Stony Island Ave
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked August 2026.

State record

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Details

Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "FAMILY FOCUS -SOUTH SHORE" under Provider Name and 60649 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 616537).