Chicago · Licensed family home
Smith, Tameka
At a glance
- Small family home, licensed for up to 6 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 1 of its 3 licensing inspections since February 2025.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jan 29, 2026Nothing cited
- Mar 25, 2025Nothing cited
Feb 26, 20253 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)
The state cited rules at 1 of this home's 3 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 3 times had more: 71% of 423 had rules cited at 2 or more.
How all 423 Chicago-area family homes inspected 3 times compare
Of the 423 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None12%
- 1 of 317%This home
- 2 of 320%
- All 351%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- January 29, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since February 2025 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Correction was due March 28, 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.
Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · February 26, 2025
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) through (23) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(23)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 625125 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (312) 237-0016
- Address
- 1315 E 71st Pl, Chicago, 60619
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SMITH, TAMEKA" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 625125).
- 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, TAMEKA" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 625125).
Small means licensed for 2 to 7 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Mid-size is 8; 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.