Markham · Licensed family home
Prather, Sherrita L
At a glance
- Small family home, licensed for up to 7 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 all 7 of its licensing inspections since January 2014.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jan 24, 20259 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(22)(a)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)(1)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(i)(1)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(o)
Apr 7, 20223 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(r)
Feb 10, 20214 citations
Application for Renewal of License
Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Feb 26, 20191 citation
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
May 6, 20164 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)
Mar 4, 20152 citations
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(p)
Jan 15, 20148 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(7)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5)(a)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)
School Age Children
School Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)
Substitutes
Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(f)
The state cited rules at all 7 of this home's inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 7 times had fewer: 57% of 229.
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%
- All 743%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- January 24, 2025
- On file
- 7 visits since January 2014 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was February 23, 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.
Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · January 24, 2025
Records and Reports
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) through (o) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) · 406.24(d)(3) · 406.24(f) · 406.24(o)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(22)(a) through (i)(1) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(22)(a) · 406.8(h)(1) · 406.8(i)(1)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 392303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · April 7, 2022
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (g) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(g)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(r) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 392303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2021 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · February 10, 2021
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 392303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 26, 2019
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 392303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2016 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · May 6, 2016
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (4) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(4)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 392303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2015 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 4, 2015
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (p) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(p)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 392303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2014 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · January 15, 2014
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5)(a) through (20) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5)(a) · 406.8(a)(7) · 406.8(a)(20)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation corrected
Substitutes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(f) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j) · Violation corrected
School Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 392303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (708) 566-1109
- Address
- 16424 Paulina St, Markham, 60428
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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 "PRATHER, SHERRITA L" under Provider Name and 60428 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 392303).
- 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 "PRATHER, SHERRITA L" under Provider Name and 60428 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 392303).
Small means licensed for 2 to 7 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Mid-size is 8; 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.