Park Forest · Licensed family home
Rheams, Cynthia A
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 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since August 2014.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Feb 4, 20252 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)(5)
Jan 26, 20243 citations
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)
Mar 22, 20221 citation
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)
- Mar 5, 2021Nothing cited
Mar 13, 20194 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(j)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)
Children Under 30 Months of Age
Children Under 30 Months of Age
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(b)(4)
May 15, 201812 citations
Number and Ages of Children Served
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b)(1)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
Children Under 30 Months of Age
Children Under 30 Months of Age
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)
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(h)(5)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)
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(a)(15)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(h)
Aug 15, 20147 citations
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(4)
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(c)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
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
- February 4, 2025
- On file
- 7 visits since August 2014 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 6, 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.
Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · February 4, 2025
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (5) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(5)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 172931 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · January 26, 2024
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29) · Violation substantiated
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · Repeat violation
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 172931 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 22, 2022
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 172931 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · March 13, 2019
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) through (j) · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(j)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j) · Violation corrected
Children Under 30 Months of Age
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(b)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 172931 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2018 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · May 15, 2018
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
8 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (h)(5) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(15) · 406.8(a)(19)(g) · 406.8(a)(19)(h) · 406.8(g) · 406.8(h)(5)
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(n) · Violation corrected
Number and Ages of Children Served
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b)(1) · Violation corrected on site
Children Under 30 Months of Age
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 172931 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2014 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · August 15, 2014
Records and Reports
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(e) · 406.24(f)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14 through (j)(4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14 · 406.14(j)(4)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 172931 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (708) 717-8239
- Address
- 138 Chestnut St, Park Forest, 60466
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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 "RHEAMS, CYNTHIA A" under Provider Name and 60466 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 172931).
- 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 "RHEAMS, CYNTHIA A" under Provider Name and 60466 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 172931).
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.