Bolingbrook · Licensed family home
Powell, Sharon R
A family home in Bolingbrook, licensed for up to 12 children. The state cited something at 8 of 9 routine visits (Chicago-area family homes: about 4 in 5). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Larger home. 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.
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: 8 of 9 cited something
Across Chicago-area family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (16,457 visits).
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- August 26, 2026
- On file
- 9 visits since June 2018 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was September 26, 2026. 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 2026 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · August 26, 2026
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (3) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(k) · Violation substantiated
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) · Violation substantiated
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 560645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 13 findings
Monitoring visit · August 4, 2025
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) through (j)(1)(c) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · 408.60(j) · 408.60(j)(1) · 408.60(j)(1)(a) · 408.60(j)(1)(b) · 408.60(j)(1)(c)
Records and Reports
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(2) · 408.120(a)(3)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(11) through (s) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(11) · 408.30(s)
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 560645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 2, 2024
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(j) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 560645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · November 30, 2023
Application for Renewal of License
7 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(a) through (i) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(a) · 408.15(b) · 408.15(d) · 408.15(e)(1) · 408.15(e)(2) · 408.15(g)(3) · 408.15(i)
Child Care Assistants
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a) through (c) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a) · 408.50(b) · 408.50(c)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j) · Violation corrected
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 560645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 24, 2022
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 560645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · August 11, 2022
Cooperation with the Department
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a) through (b) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a) · 408.130(b)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 560645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2019 Monitoring visit 10 findings
Monitoring visit · July 12, 2019
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(4)(a) through (5)(b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(4)(a) · 408.30(a)(5)(a) · 408.30(a)(5)(b)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)
Records and Reports
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) through (5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(a)(3)(f) · 408.120(a)(5)
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 560645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · June 15, 2018
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 560645 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 6306791667
- Address
- 1639 Union Ave
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
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Sources and dates
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All checked August 2026.
State record
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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 "POWELL, SHARON R" under Provider Name and 60490 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 560645).