River Forest · Licensed family home
Fischer, Kathy A
At a glance
- Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 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 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since August 2011.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Aug 30, 2024Nothing cited
Nov 28, 20181 citation
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)
Jul 24, 20123 citations
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(c)
Aug 26, 20112 citations
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)
The state cited rules at 3 of this home's 4 inspections. Chicago-area family homes inspected 4 times split three ways: 37% had fewer, 21% the same, and 42% more (406 family homes).
How all 406 Chicago-area family homes inspected 4 times compare
Of the 406 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None6%
- 1 of 413%
- 2 of 418%
- 3 of 421%This home
- All 442%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- August 30, 2024
- On file
- 4 visits since August 2011 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 23, 2018. 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.
Nov 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · November 28, 2018
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 385844 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2012 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · July 24, 2012
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(4)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(c) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 385844 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2011 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · August 26, 2011
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 385844 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (708) 218-6153
- Address
- 233 Forest Ave, River Forest, 60305
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "FISCHER, KATHY A" under Provider Name and 60305 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 385844).
- 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 "FISCHER, KATHY A" under Provider Name and 60305 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 385844).
Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.