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Smith, Airreca

Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
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What these mean, and where they come from

Mid-size means licensed for 8 children, the size at least half of Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes hold. Small is 2 to 7; larger is 9 to 12.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 6 of 8 cited something

Chicago-area family homes: the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits.

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: January 21, 2026
On file: 8 visits since January 2017 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was February 23, 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.

Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 21, 2026

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546827 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Feb 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Feb 2022 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · February 25, 2022

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(d)(3)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)(1) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546827 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2020 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 13, 2020

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)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546827 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 8, 2019

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(p) · 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 546827 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2018 Monitoring visit 17 findings

Monitoring visit · January 12, 2018

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) through (h)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(29) · 406.8(e) · 406.8(h)(1) · 406.8(h)(2) · 406.8(h)(5)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4)

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e) · 406.24(f)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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

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(t) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 546827 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2017 Monitoring visit 15 findings

Monitoring visit · January 26, 2017

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(7) · 406.8(a)(8) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(e)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) through (h)(2) · Violation corrected

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

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e) · 406.24(f)

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

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 546827 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (16,457 visits).

Details

8155577706

Address: 500 Prestige St
License: license issued (il)

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All checked August 2026.

State record

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Details

Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SMITH, AIRRECA" under Provider Name and 60435 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 546827).