Chicago · Licensed family home

Brooks, Levar

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 7 of its licensing inspections since August 2016.

Of the 225 Chicago-area family homes with 7 licensing inspections, 43% had rules cited at all 7, as this home did.

Licensing inspections

Nov 6, 20255 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15

1 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

Dec 6, 20222 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)

Jul 6, 20222 citations

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(b)

Dec 23, 20201 citation

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)

Oct 4, 20185 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(c)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(3)

1 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(13)

Apr 18, 20176 citations

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)

2 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)

Aug 25, 201620 citations

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(c)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)(1)

16 more from this inspection

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(p)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)(5)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(24)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(b)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
November 6, 2025
On file
7 visits since August 2016 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was December 8, 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 6, 2025

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) through (i) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) · 406.24(i)

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(h) · Violation substantiated

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15 · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532777 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · December 6, 2022

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) through (14) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(14)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532777 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 6, 2022

Cooperation with the Department

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · 406.26(b)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532777 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · December 23, 2020

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532777 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2018 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · October 4, 2018

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) through (h)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) · 406.12(h)(3)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(c) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(13) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532777 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2017 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · April 18, 2017

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (20) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(20)

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532777 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2016 Monitoring visit 20 findings

Monitoring visit · August 25, 2016

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

11 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (h)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(4)(a) · 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(a)(24) · 406.8(b) · 406.8(c) · 406.8(e) · 406.8(h)(1) · 406.8(h)(5)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (t) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(p) · 406.9(t)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · 406.12(h)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · 406.14(c)(3)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532777 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

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2243348950

Address
226 W 110th Pl
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BROOKS, LEVAR" under Provider Name and 60628 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 532777).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BROOKS, LEVAR" under Provider Name and 60628 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 532777).

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.