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Riverdale · Licensed family home

Pratt, Pamela

At a glance

  • Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.

What to know

License: 6 weeks to 12 years (state).

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 5 of its licensing inspections since April 2022.

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Licensing inspections

  • May 1, 20261 citation
    • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
      • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

  • May 16, 20253 citations
    • Health, Medical Care and Safety
      • Health, Medical Care and Safety

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)

    • Health, Medical Care and Safety
      • Health, Medical Care and Safety

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)

    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)

  • May 5, 20236 citations
    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

    • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
      • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(h)

    • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
      • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(i)

    • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
      • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)

    • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
      • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(s)

    • Qualifications for Assistants
      • Qualifications for Assistants

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(f)

  • Apr 4, 20233 citations
    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)

    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)

    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2)

  • Apr 14, 20221 citation
    • Guidance and Discipline
      • Guidance and Discipline

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(1)

The state cited rules at all 5 of this home's inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 5 times had fewer: 57% of 357.

How all 357 Chicago-area family homes inspected 5 times compare

Of the 357 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None1%
  • 1 of 56%
  • 2 of 512%
  • 3 of 517%
  • 4 of 521%
  • All 543%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
May 1, 2026
On file
5 visits since April 2022 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was May 31, 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.

May 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 1, 2026

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 451278 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · May 16, 2025

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (3) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 451278 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2023 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · May 5, 2023

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) through (s) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) · 406.9(h) · 406.9(i) · 406.9(s)

Qualifications for Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(f) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 451278 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · April 4, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) through (29) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) · 406.8(a)(29)

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 451278 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 14, 2022

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 451278 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone
(708) 849-3709
Address
14511 S State St, Riverdale, 60827

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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 "PRATT, PAMELA" under Provider Name and 60827 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 451278).
  • 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 "PRATT, PAMELA" under Provider Name and 60827 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 451278).

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.

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