Bolingbrook · Licensed family home

Merriweather, Anita

Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 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: 6 of 7 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: August 26, 2025
On file: 7 visits since August 2010 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was September 25, 2025. 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.

Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 26, 2025

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(4)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453949 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 22, 2024

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(k) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453949 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 12, 2023

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453949 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2015 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · July 30, 2015

Caregivers

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · 408.45(f)(1) · 408.45(f)(2) · 408.45(g) · 408.45(j)

Background Checks

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453949 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2013 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · July 16, 2013

Records and Reports

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) through (l)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) · 408.120(i) · 408.120(k) · 408.120(l)(1) · 408.120(l)(2) · 408.120(l)(3)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453949 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2011 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Aug 2010 Monitoring visit 18 findings

Monitoring visit · August 3, 2010

Guidance and Discipline

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75(a) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75(a) · 408.75(a)(1) · 408.75(a)(2) · 408.75(a)(3) · 408.75(a)(4)

Records and Reports

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) through (k)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) · 408.120(k) · 408.120(k)(1) · 408.120(k)(2) · 408.120(k)(3)

Caregivers

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(a) through (h)(6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(a) · 408.45(h)(4) · 408.45(h)(5) · 408.45(h)(6)

Nutrition and Meals

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.80(b) through (c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.80(b) · 408.80(c)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

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

Program

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453949 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

6302487493

Address: 435 Cardinal Ln
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 "MERRIWEATHER, ANITA" under Provider Name and 60490 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 453949).