Chicago · Licensed family home
Offutt, Leotha R
At a glance
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 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 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since April 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Mar 24, 202512 citations
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(j)(1)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(b)
Activity Requirements
Activity Requirements
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)(2)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(i)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
Apr 11, 20234 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(b)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(d)
Children Under 30 Months of Age
Children Under 30 Months of Age
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(h)(4)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)
- Jun 27, 2022Nothing cited
Apr 12, 20227 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(a)
Nutrition and Meals
Nutrition and Meals
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(a)
Transportation of Children By Day Care Home
Transportation of Children By Day Care Home
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.18(f)(2)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)
The state cited rules at 3 of this home's 4 inspections. Chicago-area family homes inspected 4 times split three ways: 37% had fewer, 21% the same, and 42% more (406 family homes).
How all 406 Chicago-area family homes inspected 4 times compare
Of the 406 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None6%
- 1 of 413%
- 2 of 418%
- 3 of 421%This home
- All 442%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- March 24, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since April 2022 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 11, 2023. 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 2025 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · March 24, 2025
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(b) through (j)(1) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(b) · 406.8(i)(1) · 406.8(j)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (4) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4)
Records and Reports
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (e) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(d) · 406.24(e)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b) through (i) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b) · 406.12(i)
Activity Requirements
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)(2) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 570745 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · April 11, 2023
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(b) through (d) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(b) · 406.8(d)
Children Under 30 Months of Age
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(h)(4) · Violation substantiated
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 570745 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2022 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · April 12, 2022
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(d)(3)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(a) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meals
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(a) · Violation corrected
Transportation of Children By Day Care Home
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.18(f)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 570745 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 255-2966
- Address
- 8623 S Bennett Ave, Chicago, 60617
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
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 "OFFUTT, LEOTHA R" under Provider Name and 60617 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 570745).
- 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 "OFFUTT, LEOTHA R" under Provider Name and 60617 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 570745).
Mid-size means licensed for 8 children, the size at least half of Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes hold. Small is 2 to 7; larger is 9 to 12.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.