Chicago · Licensed family home

Ruckes, Latoya

At a glance

Small family home, licensed for up to 6 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 3 of its licensing inspections since February 2017.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

Mar 24, 20222 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(a)(14)
Mar 1, 20215 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)(19)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)
- Activity Requirements
  Activity Requirements
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)
- Activity Requirements
  Activity Requirements
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b)
Feb 15, 20172 citations
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)
- A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
  A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

The state cited rules at all 3 of this home's inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 3 times had the same: 51% of 423.

How all 423 Chicago-area family homes inspected 3 times compare

Of the 423 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

None12%
1 of 317%
2 of 320%
All 351%This home

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: March 24, 2022
On file: 3 visits since February 2017 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was April 23, 2022. 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 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 24, 2022

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (14) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(14)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 454691 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · March 1, 2021

Activity Requirements

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b) through (c) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b) · 406.16(c)

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e) · Violation substantiated

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) · Violation substantiated

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 454691 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2017 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 15, 2017

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) · 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 454691 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone: (773) 263-4150
Address: 7134 S Wood St, Chicago, 60636

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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 "RUCKES, LATOYA" under Provider Name and 60636 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 454691).
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 "RUCKES, LATOYA" under Provider Name and 60636 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 454691).

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.