Chicago · Licensed family home
Sparks, Evelyn K
At a glance
- Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 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 all 6 of its licensing inspections since September 2016.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Nov 4, 20257 citations
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(j)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75(a)
School Age Children
School Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)
Sep 10, 20241 citation
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)
Apr 17, 20245 citations
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)
Program
Program
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(g)
School Age Children
School Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g)
Oct 4, 202210 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(10)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j)
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(j)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75(a)
School Age Children
School Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)
Sep 30, 202117 citations
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(16)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j)
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75(a)(1)
Program
Program
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(l)
School Age Children
School Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(6)
Sep 28, 20162 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)
The state cited rules at all 6 of this home's inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times had fewer: 56% of 328.
How all 328 Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times compare
Of the 328 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 61%
- 2 of 64%
- 3 of 69%
- 4 of 616%
- 5 of 625%
- All 644%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- November 4, 2025
- On file
- 6 visits since September 2016 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 4, 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 7 findings
Monitoring visit · November 4, 2025
Health, Medical Care and Safety
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (2) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2)
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(j) · Violation substantiated
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75(a) · Violation substantiated
School Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g) · Violation substantiated
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529469 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 10, 2024
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529469 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · April 17, 2024
Health, Medical Care and Safety
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)
Program
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(g) · Violation corrected
School Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529469 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 10 findings
Monitoring visit · October 4, 2022
Records and Reports
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (c) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(c)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(10) · Violation substantiated
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j) · Violation substantiated
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(j) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · Violation substantiated
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · Violation substantiated
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75(a) · Violation substantiated
School Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529469 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2021 Monitoring visit 17 findings
Monitoring visit · September 30, 2021
Health, Medical Care and Safety
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (4) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)
Records and Reports
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (6) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(a)(6)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) through (16) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) · 408.30(a)(16)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) through (j) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · 408.35(j)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation substantiated
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · Violation substantiated
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75(a)(1) · Violation substantiated
Program
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(l) · Violation substantiated
School Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529469 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · September 28, 2016
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529469 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (312) 608-8068
- Address
- 8859 S Dante Ave, Chicago, 60619
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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 "SPARKS, EVELYN K" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 529469).
- License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SPARKS, EVELYN K" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 529469).
- 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 "SPARKS, EVELYN K" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 529469).
Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.