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Sim, Tammy D

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 May 2015.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Dec 9, 20251 citation
    • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
      • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • Nov 22, 20244 citations
    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)

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

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

    • 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)

  • Dec 22, 20239 citations
    • Application for License
      • Application for License

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(h)

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

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

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

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(j)(1)

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

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(m)

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

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(p)

    • 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(j)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(j)

    • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
      • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

  • May 9, 20196 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(j)

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2)

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)

    • 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)

  • May 22, 201512 citations
    • Application for License
      • Application for License

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(h)

    • 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)(19)

    • 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)(23)

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

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(24)

    • 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(k)

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

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)

    • 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)

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a)

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
December 9, 2025
On file
5 visits since May 2015 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was January 8, 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.

Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · December 9, 2025

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 394801 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · November 22, 2024

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

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 394801 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · December 22, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g) through (m) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g) · 406.8(j)(1) · 406.8(m)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(p) through (t) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(p) · 406.9(t)

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(h) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Records and Reports

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 394801 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2019 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · May 9, 2019

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (j) · Violation corrected

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) · 406.12(b)(3)

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 394801 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2015 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · May 22, 2015

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (k) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(a)(24) · 406.8(k)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3)

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(h) · Violation corrected

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 394801 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone
(773) 709-7961
Address
935 N Karlov Ave, Chicago, 60651

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SIM, TAMMY D" under Provider Name and 60651 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 394801).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SIM, TAMMY D" under Provider Name and 60651 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 394801).
  • 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 "SIM, TAMMY D" under Provider Name and 60651 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 394801).

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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