Chicago · Licensed family home

Brown, Joyce L

Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 8 licensing inspections since June 2015.

Of the 183 Chicago-area family homes with 8 licensing inspections, 20% had rules cited at 6 of them, as this home did. 42% had rules cited at all 8.

Licensing inspections

May 5, 2026No rules cited

May 20, 20251 citation

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

Dec 10, 20246 citations

Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(h)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(j)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

2 more from this inspection

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

May 5, 2023No rules cited

Aug 20, 20201 citation

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3)

May 9, 20192 citations

Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Apr 26, 20175 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17)
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)

1 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)

Jun 3, 20156 citations

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(24)

2 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(k)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: May 5, 2026
On file: 8 visits since June 2015 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was June 20, 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.

May 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

May 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 20, 2025

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 469895 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · December 10, 2024

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)

Application for License

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

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 469895 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Aug 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 20, 2020

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 469895 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · May 9, 2019

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2) · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 469895 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2017 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · April 26, 2017

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) through (29) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(a)(17) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(a)(29)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 469895 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2015 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · June 3, 2015

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

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

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(24) through (k) · Violation corrected

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 469895 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.

Details

7737040069

Address: 4944 W Rice St
License: license issued (il)

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All checked July 2026.

State record

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

Details

Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BROWN, JOYCE L" under Provider Name and 60651 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 469895).

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.