Joliet · Licensed family home
Smith, Leatha M
At a glance
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
What to know
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 5 of its 8 licensing inspections since February 2012.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Feb 26, 2025Nothing cited
- Mar 13, 2023Nothing cited
Mar 23, 20178 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
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)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)
Jun 8, 20164 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(k)(2)
- Sep 24, 2014Nothing cited
Mar 27, 20143 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a)
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)
Mar 19, 20132 citations
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
Feb 22, 20123 citations
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(i)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)
The state cited rules at 5 of this home's 8 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 8 times had more: 80% of 184 had rules cited at 6 or more.
How all 184 Chicago-area family homes inspected 8 times compare
Of the 184 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 8 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 3 of 83%
- 4 of 85%
- 5 of 811%This home
- 6 of 818%
- 7 of 823%
- All 839%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- February 26, 2025
- On file
- 8 visits since February 2012 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 23, 2017. 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.
Mar 2017 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · March 23, 2017
Health, Medical Care and Safety
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a) through (e) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a) · 406.8(e)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) through (h) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · 406.12(h)
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 408168 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2016 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · June 8, 2016
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a) through (k)(2) · Violation corrected on site · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a) · 406.8(e) · 406.8(k)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 408168 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 27, 2014
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)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 408168 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2013 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 19, 2013
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · Violation substantiated
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 408168 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2012 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · February 22, 2012
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) through (m) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) · 406.9(i) · 406.9(m)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 408168 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (815) 740-0947
- Address
- 2222 Mason Ave, Joliet, 60435
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SMITH, LEATHA M" under Provider Name and 60435 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 408168).
- 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 "SMITH, LEATHA M" under Provider Name and 60435 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 408168).
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.