Chicago · Licensed family home

Thornton, Dana M

At a glance

Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.

What to know

License: 2 years to 12 years (state).

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 3 of its licensing inspections since September 2018.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

Aug 12, 20249 citations
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)(b)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)(c)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(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(j)
- Application for License
  Application for License
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(f)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)
Nov 20, 20231 citation
- Cooperation with the Department
  Cooperation with the Department
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(b)
Sep 14, 20184 citations
- 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)(20)
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(24)

The state cited rules at all 3 of this home's inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 3 times had the same: 51% of 423.

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%
2 of 320%
All 351%This home

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: August 12, 2024
On file: 3 visits since September 2018 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was September 12, 2024. 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.

Aug 2024 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · August 12, 2024

Health, Medical Care and Safety

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4) · 406.14(j)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)(b) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)(b) · 406.12(h)(1)(c) · 406.12(j)

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 566059 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 20, 2023

Cooperation with the Department

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(b) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 566059 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · September 14, 2018

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) through (24) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(a)(24)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 566059 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone: (312) 363-7254
Address: 9135 S Emerald Ave, Chicago, 60620

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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 "THORNTON, DANA M" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 566059).
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 "THORNTON, DANA M" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 566059).

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.