Chicago · Licensed family home
Sparks, Francesca
At a glance
- Small family home, licensed for up to 7 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 February 2021.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jan 14, 20252 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)
Jul 12, 202412 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(13)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(6)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(r)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Sep 27, 20235 citations
Application for License
Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)(e)
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)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Jul 26, 20223 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)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Jun 24, 20221 citation
Cooperation with the Department
Cooperation with the Department
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26
Feb 3, 202112 citations
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)
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(e)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(f)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
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
- January 14, 2025
- On file
- 6 visits since February 2021 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was February 13, 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.
Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · January 14, 2025
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)(1) · Violation substantiated
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 586303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2024 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · July 12, 2024
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a) through (29) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a) · 406.8(a)(6) · 406.8(a)(13) · 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(a)(29)
Records and Reports
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) through (r) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) · 406.24(d)(3) · 406.24(e)(6) · 406.24(r)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) through (t) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 586303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · September 27, 2023
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)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) · 406.12(b)(3)
Application for License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)(e) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 586303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · July 26, 2022
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a) · Violation substantiated
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 586303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · June 24, 2022
Cooperation with the Department
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 586303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2021 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · February 3, 2021
Health, Medical Care and Safety
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) through (h) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · 406.12(f) · 406.12(h)
Records and Reports
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (f) · Violation corrected · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e) · 406.24(f)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (t) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 586303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 885-7356
- Address
- 9746 S Brennan Ave, Chicago, 60617
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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 "SPARKS, FRANCESCA" under Provider Name and 60617 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 586303).
- 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, FRANCESCA" under Provider Name and 60617 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 586303).
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.