Chicago · Licensed family home
Johnson, Lenore C
At a glance
- Larger play-based family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
- Hours 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week.
From their website, read August 2026:
“Our brand-new beautiful space offers a low teacher-child ratio of 1-3, a small group of just 12 allows caregivers to meet the individual needs of each child and foster their overall learning.”
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 3 licensing inspections since April 2011.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- May 14, 2026Nothing cited
Nov 15, 20188 citations
Child Care Assistants
Child Care Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a)
Child Care Assistants
Child Care Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(k)
Application for License
Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(2)
Application for License
Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(1)(i)
Number and Ages of Children Served
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(b)(2)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Apr 26, 20113 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(h)(1)
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)
The state cited rules at 2 of this home's 3 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 3 times had more: 51% of 423 had rules cited at all 3.
How all 423 Chicago-area family homes inspected 3 times compare
Of the 423 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None12%
- 1 of 317%
- 2 of 320%This home
- All 351%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- May 14, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since April 2011 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 15, 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 8 findings
Monitoring visit · November 15, 2018
Application for License
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(1)(i) through (2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(1)(i) · 408.10(b)(2)
Child Care Assistants
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a) through (h) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a) · 408.50(h)
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) through (k) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) · 408.120(k)
Number and Ages of Children Served
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(b)(2) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 200794 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2011 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · April 26, 2011
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(h)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 200794 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
A day here
7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week
How they teach
Play-based, developmental and academic
“We provide a developmentally appropriate, play-based curriculum.”
Details
- Phone
- (773) 463-5728
- Address
- 5810 North Christiana, Chicago, 60659
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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.
Children per adult
- Children per adult — Checked August 2026 homesweethomechildcare.net
How they teach
- Approach — Checked August 2026 homesweethomechildcare.net/about-us/our-approach
- Approach — Checked August 2026 homesweethomechildcare.net/services-view/quality-programs
State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
A day here
- Hours — Checked August 2026 homesweethomechildcare.net
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, LENORE C" under Provider Name and 60659 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 200794).
- Website — Checked August 2026 homesweethomechildcare.net
- 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, LENORE C" under Provider Name and 60659 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 200794).
- Ages they serve — Checked August 2026 homesweethomechildcare.net
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.