Chicago · Licensed family home

Lewis-Thomas, Shelia M

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.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 7 of 8 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: March 11, 2024
On file: 8 visits since June 2010 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was July 18, 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.

Mar 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 15 findings

Monitoring visit · June 18, 2018

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

10 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (h)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(26) · 406.8(a)(32) · 406.8(e) · 406.8(g)(1) · 406.8(h)(2) · 406.8(h)(5)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (t) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(h) · Violation corrected

Cited: FHSEC305

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 372675 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2015 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · May 20, 2015

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(32) through (g) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(32) · 406.8(g)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 372675 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2014 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 27, 2014

Cooperation with the Department

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · 406.26(b)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 372675 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2013 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · May 15, 2013

Cooperation with the Department

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · 406.26(b)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 372675 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2013 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 6, 2013

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · 406.9(t)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 372675 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2012 Monitoring visit 17 findings

Monitoring visit · February 16, 2012

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (h)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(6) · 406.8(a)(12) · 406.8(g)(1) · 406.8(g)(2) · 406.8(h)(2)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) through (s) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) · 406.9(h) · 406.9(o) · 406.9(s)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (h)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(h)(2)

Qualifications for Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(a) · Violation corrected

Substitutes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(c) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 372675 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2010 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · June 25, 2010

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(16) · 406.8(a)(25) · 406.8(e)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(s) through (t) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(s) · 406.9(t)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (e)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e)(1)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 372675 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

7736354801

Address: 3949 W Ohio St
License: license issued (il)

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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 "LEWIS-THOMAS, SHELIA M" under Provider Name and 60624 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 372675).