Chicago · Licensed family home

Sherman, Dollie D

At a glance

Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 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 2 of its 4 licensing inspections since August 2016.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

Jul 27, 20262 citations
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)
Aug 21, 2025Nothing cited
Jul 11, 2023Nothing cited
Aug 2, 20163 citations
- Provisions Pertaining to the License
  Provisions Pertaining to the License
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k)
- General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
  General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)

The state cited rules at 2 of this home's 4 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 4 times had more: 63% of 406 had rules cited at 3 or more.

How all 406 Chicago-area family homes inspected 4 times compare

Of the 406 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

None6%
1 of 413%
2 of 418%This home
3 of 421%
All 442%

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: July 27, 2026
On file: 4 visits since August 2016 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was August 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.

Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 27, 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)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 542834 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jul 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Aug 2016 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · August 2, 2016

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 542834 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone: (773) 287-8222
Address: 620 N Lorel Ave, Chicago, 60644

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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 "SHERMAN, DOLLIE D" under Provider Name and 60644 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 542834).
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 "SHERMAN, DOLLIE D" under Provider Name and 60644 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 542834).

Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.

The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.