Matteson · Licensed family home
Thomas-Bell, Tenesha N
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What these mean, and where they come from
Mid-size means licensed for 8 children, the size at least half of Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes hold. Small is 2 to 7; larger is 9 to 12.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 8 of 8 cited something
Chicago-area family homes: the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits.
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- April 22, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since June 2016 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 22, 2026. 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.
Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · April 22, 2026
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)(1) through (k) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)(1) · 406.8(h) · 406.8(k)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (h)(4) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(h)(4)
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · October 10, 2024
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(22)(a) through (h)(2) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(22)(a) · 406.8(f) · 406.8(g)(1) · 406.8(h)(2)
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(i) · Violation substantiated
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · November 10, 2022
Cooperation with the Department
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · October 20, 2022
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) through (m) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(19)(h) · 406.8(m)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i) · Violation substantiated
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(1) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 20, 2022
Cooperation with the Department
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2021 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · January 5, 2021
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e) · Violation corrected
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j) · Violation corrected
Cooperation with the Department
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · September 13, 2019
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f) · Violation substantiated
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2016 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · June 7, 2016
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(h) through (t) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(h) · 406.9(i) · 406.9(o) · 406.9(t)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · Violation substantiated
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(g) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504080 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
How the comparison is built
Routine visits: across Chicago-area family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (16,457 visits).
Details
- Address
- 4109 Applewood Ln
- License
- license issued (il)
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All checked August 2026.
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Details
- Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "THOMAS-BELL, TENESHA N" under Provider Name and 60443 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 504080).