Chicago Hts · Licensed family home
Smith, Barbara J
A family home in Chicago Hts, licensed for up to 8 children. The state cited something at 5 of 8 routine visits (Chicago-area family homes: about 4 in 5). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Mid-size home. 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: 5 of 8 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.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- January 26, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since February 2013 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 9, 2020. 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 2022 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · December 21, 2022
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) through (j) · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(j)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected on site
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 510675 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · December 9, 2019
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) through (j) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(j)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 510675 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2018 Monitoring visit 16 findings
Monitoring visit · February 1, 2018
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
9 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) through (e) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(19)(a) · 406.8(a)(19)(f) · 406.8(a)(22)(h) · 406.8(e)
Activity Requirements
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b) through (c) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b) · 406.16(c)
Children Under 30 Months of Age
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(e)(8) through (g)(5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(e)(8) · 406.22(g)(5)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meals
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(a) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 510675 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2014 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · March 3, 2014
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected · Rule cited again
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 510675 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2013 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · February 20, 2013
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · Violation corrected
School Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 510675 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7088982435
- Address
- 1321 Ashland Ave
- License
- license issued (il)
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Sources and dates
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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, BARBARA J" under Provider Name and 60411 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 510675).