South Holland · Licensed family home

James, Venus Y

Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
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What these mean, and where they come from

Mid-size means licensed for 8 children, the size at least half of Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes hold. Small is 2 to 7; larger is 9 to 12.

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What the state has found

Routine visits: 4 of 5 cited something

Chicago-area family homes: the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits.

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

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: December 16, 2025
On file: 5 visits since March 2019 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was January 15, 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.

Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · December 16, 2025

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(16) through (x) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(16) · 408.30(x)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(c) · Violation corrected

Background Checks

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(a) · Violation corrected

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 563178 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2023 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · October 20, 2023

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) through (i) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) · 408.30(i)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(1) through (o) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(1) · 408.120(o)

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(1)(i) · Violation substantiated

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · Violation substantiated

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation substantiated

Child Care Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a) · Violation substantiated

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(g)(1) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 563178 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 13 findings

Monitoring visit · November 22, 2022

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) through (k) · Violation corrected on site · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) · 408.30(a)(2) · 408.30(a)(4)(a) · 408.30(k)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (3) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(a)(6)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · Violation substantiated

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)(1) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 563178 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 8, 2019

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a) through (t) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a) · 408.30(t)

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(o) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 563178 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 family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (16,457 visits).

Details

7082884321

Address: 16727 Luella Ave
License: license issued (il)

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All checked August 2026.

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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 "JAMES, VENUS Y" under Provider Name and 60473 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 563178).