Chicago · Licensed family home
Smith, Marion 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 both of its licensing inspections since February 2015.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Dec 23, 20245 citations
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)
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)(21)
Application for Renewal of License
Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1)
Application for Renewal of License
Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(2)
Feb 11, 20156 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(32)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(4)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
The state cited rules at both of this home's 2 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected twice had the same: 61% of 389.
How all 389 Chicago-area family homes inspected twice compare
Of the 389 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected twice, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None19%
- 1 of 221%
- Both61%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- December 23, 2024
- On file
- 2 visits since February 2015 — both cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 23, 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.
Dec 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · December 23, 2024
Application for Renewal of License
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1) · 406.5(e)(2)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) through (21) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(21)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 277452 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2015 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · February 11, 2015
Health, Medical Care and Safety
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(1) · 406.14(j)(2) · 406.14(j)(3) · 406.14(j)(4)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(32) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 277452 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 593-4029
- Address
- 8925 S Lowe Ave, Chicago, 60620
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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 "SMITH, MARION M" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 277452).
- License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SMITH, MARION M" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 277452).
- 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, MARION M" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 277452).
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.