Chicago · Licensed family home
Howard, Carolyn C
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 3 of its 5 licensing inspections since August 2017.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
May 21, 20253 citations
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)
Jul 9, 20201 citation
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
- Oct 6, 2017Nothing cited
- Sep 15, 2017Nothing cited
Aug 23, 201711 citations
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)(23)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(s)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
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(j)(4)
The state cited rules at 3 of this home's 5 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 5 times had more: 64% of 357 had rules cited at 4 or more.
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%This home
- 4 of 521%
- All 543%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- May 21, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since August 2017 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 20, 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.
May 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · May 21, 2025
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) through (t) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) · 406.9(t)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557229 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 9, 2020
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 557229 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2017 Monitoring visit 11 findings
Monitoring visit · August 23, 2017
Records and Reports
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (s) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e) · 406.24(f) · 406.24(s)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) through (23) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 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
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · 406.12(i)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) through (j)(4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · 406.14(j)(4)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557229 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (312) 330-1675
- Address
- 6800 S Langley Ave, Chicago, 60637
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "HOWARD, CAROLYN C" under Provider Name and 60637 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 557229).
- License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "HOWARD, CAROLYN C" under Provider Name and 60637 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 557229).
- 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 "HOWARD, CAROLYN C" under Provider Name and 60637 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 557229).
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.