Chicago · Licensed family home

Clifton, Kathy M

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 6 of its licensing inspections since May 2018.

Of the 325 Chicago-area family homes with 6 licensing inspections, 43% had rules cited at all 6, as this home did.

Licensing inspections

Jun 4, 202413 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)

  • Nutrition and Meals

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17

9 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

  • 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)(3)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(j)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)

Jun 21, 202311 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

7 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(2)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(3)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(4)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(p)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)

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

Jun 1, 20221 citation

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)

Jul 14, 20211 citation

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

Sep 22, 20201 citation

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

May 24, 20183 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)(3)

  • 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
June 4, 2024
On file
6 visits since May 2018 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was July 4, 2024. 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.

Jun 2024 Monitoring visit 13 findings

Monitoring visit · June 4, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (f)(1) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(19)(g) · 406.8(a)(19)(h) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(f)(1)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(j) · Violation substantiated

Nutrition and Meals

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17 · Violation substantiated

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 550301 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2023 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · June 21, 2023

Records and Reports

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(e)(2) · 406.24(e)(3) · 406.24(e)(4) · 406.24(f)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) through (p) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · 406.9(p)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · 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 550301 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 1, 2022

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 550301 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 14, 2021

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 550301 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 22, 2020

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 550301 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · May 24, 2018

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 550301 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

7735692706

Address
9229 S Marshfield Ave
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked July 2026.

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "CLIFTON, KATHY M" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 550301).

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