Bolingbrook · Licensed family home
Merriweather, Anita
At a glance
- Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 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 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since August 2010.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Aug 26, 20252 citations
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)
Jul 22, 20243 citations
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(l)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(k)
Jul 12, 20232 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1)
Jul 30, 20156 citations
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)(1)
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)(2)
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(g)
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(j)
Background Checks
Background Checks
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(a)
Jul 16, 20138 citations
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(i)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(k)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(2)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(3)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k)
- May 26, 2011Nothing cited
Aug 3, 201018 citations
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75(a)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75(a)(1)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75(a)(2)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75(a)(3)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75(a)(4)
Program
Program
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(b)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(k)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(k)(2)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(k)(3)
Nutrition and Meals
Nutrition and Meals
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.80(b)
Nutrition and Meals
Nutrition and Meals
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.80(c)
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(a)
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(h)(4)
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(h)(5)
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(h)(6)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(d)
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)
The state cited rules at 6 of this home's 7 inspections. Chicago-area family homes inspected 7 times split three ways: 32% had fewer, 25% the same, and 43% more (229 family homes).
How all 229 Chicago-area family homes inspected 7 times compare
Of the 229 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 7under 1%
- 2 of 71%
- 3 of 73%
- 4 of 714%
- 5 of 715%
- 6 of 725%This home
- All 743%
Read every record and the state’s reports
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.
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.
Details
- Phone
- (630) 248-7493
- Address
- 435 Cardinal Ln, Bolingbrook, 60490
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. 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).
- 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 "MERRIWEATHER, ANITA" under Provider Name and 60490 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 453949).
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.