Chicago · Licensed family home
Smith, April L
A family home in Chicago. The state cited something at 6 of 7 routine visits (Chicago-area family homes: about 4 in 5). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
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What the state has found
Routine visits: 6 of 7 cited something
Across Chicago-area family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (16,457 visits).
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
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State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- November 13, 2025
- On file
- 7 visits since February 2012 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was November 19, 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.
Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · November 13, 2025
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) through (m)(5) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(g) · 406.8(m) · 406.8(m)(5)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 448685 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · September 29, 2023
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(h) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 448685 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2021 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · February 22, 2021
Records and Reports
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (f) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e) · 406.24(f)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5) through (e) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5) · 406.8(e)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) through (h)(1) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · 406.12(h)(1)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation substantiated
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 448685 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 4, 2019
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 448685 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2017 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · September 7, 2017
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(24) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 448685 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2012 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · February 3, 2012
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 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 448685 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7735032382
- Address
- 7120 S Christiana Ave
- License
- license issued (il)
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Sources and dates
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All checked July 2026.
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SMITH, APRIL L" under Provider Name and 60629 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 448685).