Chicago · Licensed family home
Tyus, Tommika L
A family home in Chicago, licensed for up to 11 children. The state cited something at 4 of 4 routine visits (Chicago-area family homes: about 4 in 5). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Larger home. Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.
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: 4 of 4 cited something
Across Chicago-area family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (16,457 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, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since July 2021 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 22, 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.
Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 11 findings
Monitoring visit · April 22, 2025
Health, Medical Care and Safety
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (c)(1) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4) · 408.70(c)(1)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13) through (l) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13) · 408.30(l)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) through (j) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · 408.60(j)
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
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557054 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 6, 2024
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557054 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2022 Monitoring visit 10 findings
Monitoring visit · May 24, 2022
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3) through (4) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(3)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · Violation corrected
Number and Ages of Children Served
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(b)(2) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75(a) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557054 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2021 Monitoring visit 10 findings
Monitoring visit · July 20, 2021
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
7 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) through (i) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) · 408.30(a)(13) · 408.30(a)(16) · 408.30(a)(18) · 408.30(b)(9) · 408.30(b)(10) · 408.30(i)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75(a)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 557054 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7734192460
- Address
- 640 E 90th Pl
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
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Sources and dates
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All checked July 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 "TYUS, TOMMIKA L" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 557054).