Chicago · Licensed family home
Fennell Hamilto, Sylvia A
At a glance
- Family home.
Program news
The state’s licensing list stopped carrying this license in October. It does not say whether the program closed.
Shortlist last found this license on the state’s list on October 26, 2026, and last read the list on November 8, 2026.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since November 2016.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Sep 29, 20238 citations
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)(14)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(15)
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)(22)(a)
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(g)(1)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)
Feb 9, 20232 citations
Cooperation with the Department
Cooperation with the Department
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)
Cooperation with the Department
Cooperation with the Department
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(b)
Sep 21, 20201 citation
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)
Oct 2, 20181 citation
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)
Nov 30, 20163 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
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
- September 29, 2023
- On file
- 5 visits since November 2016 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 29, 2023. 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.
Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · September 29, 2023
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
8 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) through (g)(1) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(a)(15) · 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(22)(a) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(g)(1)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 534317 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · February 9, 2023
Cooperation with the Department
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) through (b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · 406.26(b)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 534317 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 21, 2020
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 534317 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 2, 2018
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 534317 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2016 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · November 30, 2016
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e) · Violation corrected
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 534317 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 444-7126
- Address
- 8939 S Emerald Ave, Chicago, 60620
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Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
All checked July 2026.
State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 26, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "FENNELL HAMILTO, SYLVIA A" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 534317).