Lansing · Licensed family home

Cooley, Tomika S

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 5 of its 6 licensing inspections since April 2022.

Of the 327 Chicago-area family homes with 6 licensing inspections, 25% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this home did. 43% had rules cited at all 6.

Licensing inspections

Feb 23, 20262 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • Qualifications for Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(e)

May 7, 20254 citations

  • 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)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

  • Qualifications for Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(e)

Feb 17, 20235 citations

  • 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)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(j)

1 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Jul 22, 20221 citation

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(b)(1)

May 6, 2022No rules cited
Apr 8, 20221 citation

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(d)(1)

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
February 23, 2026
On file
6 visits since April 2022 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 25, 2026. 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.

Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 23, 2026

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Qualifications for Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(e) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504418 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · May 7, 2025

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Qualifications for Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(e) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504418 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2023 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · February 17, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) through (23) · Violation substantiated

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

Records and Reports

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

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

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 504418 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 22, 2022

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(b)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504418 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Apr 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 8, 2022

Number and Ages of Children Served

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(d)(1) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504418 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

7089559077

Address
3305 S Schultz Dr
License
license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

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All checked August 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 "COOLEY, TOMIKA S" under Provider Name and 60438 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 504418).

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.