Chicago · Licensed family home
Johnson, Dorothy
At a glance
- Small family home, licensed for up to 7 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 2 of its 4 licensing inspections since July 2016.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jul 7, 2025Nothing cited
- Jun 26, 2024Nothing cited
Jun 13, 20182 citations
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)
Jul 11, 20163 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(32)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
The state cited rules at 2 of this home's 4 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 4 times had more: 63% of 406 had rules cited at 3 or more.
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%This home
- 3 of 421%
- All 442%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- July 7, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since July 2016 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 13, 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.
Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 13, 2018
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 273975 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2016 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · July 11, 2016
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected on site
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(32) · Violation corrected
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 273975 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 722-5724
- Address
- 4141 W Van Buren St, Chicago, 60624
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "JOHNSON, DOROTHY" under Provider Name and 60624 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 273975).
- 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 "JOHNSON, DOROTHY" under Provider Name and 60624 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 273975).
Small means licensed for 2 to 7 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Mid-size is 8; 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.