Chicago · Licensed family home
Whitsett, Loretta D
At a glance
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 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 7 of its licensing inspections since November 2012.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jan 2, 20254 citations
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)
Jan 3, 20231 citation
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Dec 12, 20192 citations
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(f)
Nov 29, 20184 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)
Number and Ages of Children Served
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b)(1)
Dec 22, 20171 citation
Application for Renewal of License
Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(b)
Dec 18, 20132 citations
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Nov 27, 20128 citations
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(c)
Number and Ages of Children Served
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(a)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)
Number and Ages of Children Served
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b)(1)(c)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(o)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
The state cited rules at all 7 of this home's inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 7 times had fewer: 57% of 229.
How all 229 Chicago-area family homes inspected 7 times compare
Of the 229 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 7under 1%
- 2 of 71%
- 3 of 73%
- 4 of 714%
- 5 of 715%
- 6 of 725%
- All 743%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- January 2, 2025
- On file
- 7 visits since November 2012 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was February 25, 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 4 findings
Monitoring visit · January 2, 2025
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (g) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(g)
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)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 340446 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 3, 2023
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 340446 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · December 12, 2019
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(f)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 340446 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · November 29, 2018
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17) through (21) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17) · 406.8(a)(21)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i) · Violation corrected
Number and Ages of Children Served
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b)(1) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 340446 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · December 22, 2017
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 340446 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2013 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · December 18, 2013
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 340446 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2012 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · November 27, 2012
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (t) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(o) · 406.9(t)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) through (20) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(20)
Number and Ages of Children Served
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(a) through (b)(1)(c) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(a) · 406.13(b)(1)(c)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(c) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 340446 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 406-8979
- Address
- 1428 W Sherwin Ave, Chicago, 60626
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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 "WHITSETT, LORETTA D" under Provider Name and 60626 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 340446).
- 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 "WHITSETT, LORETTA D" under Provider Name and 60626 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 340446).
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.