Lansing · Licensed family home
Topps, Venesta E
- Small family home, licensed for up to 7 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What these mean, and where they come from
Small means licensed for 2 to 7 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Mid-size is 8; 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: 3 of 3 cited something
Chicago-area family homes: the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits. Three visits are too few to read as a pattern.
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
- November 14, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since September 2018 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 14, 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 5 findings
Monitoring visit · November 14, 2025
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (t) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(ai) · Violation substantiated
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(j) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 560267 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · November 2, 2021
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 560267 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2018 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · September 18, 2018
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a) · Violation corrected on site
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected
Number and Ages of Children Served
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(a) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 560267 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
- 1939 185th St
- License
- license issued (il)
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All checked August 2026.
State record
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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 "TOPPS, VENESTA E" under Provider Name and 60438 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 560267).