Zion · Licensed family home

Kareem, Safa

Larger family home, licensed for up to 9 children.
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What these mean, and where they come from

Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.

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What the state has found

Routine visits: 5 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: September 3, 2025
On file: 5 visits since March 2021 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was November 4, 2024. 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.

Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · September 3, 2025

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 563484 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 2, 2024

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) through (z) · Violation corrected

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

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 563484 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · November 14, 2023

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(e)(5) · Violation corrected on site

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 563484 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2023 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · October 12, 2023

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(2) · 408.30(a)(20) · 408.30(k) · 408.30(t)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 563484 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 31, 2021

Caregivers

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 563484 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

2247895127

Address: 1827 Jethro 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 "KAREEM, SAFA" under Provider Name and 60099 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 563484).