Chicago · Licensed family home

Cooper-Stepney, Patricia

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since March 2022.

Of the 408 Chicago-area family homes with 4 licensing inspections, 20% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this home did. 43% had rules cited at all 4, 6% at none.

Licensing inspections

Jan 8, 202514 citations

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(f)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

10 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(22)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(b)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(c)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Jan 17, 20244 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

Jul 24, 2023No rules cited
Mar 29, 20221 citation

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 8, 2025
On file
4 visits since March 2022 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was January 22, 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 14 findings

Monitoring visit · January 8, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (23) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(22) · 406.8(a)(23)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)(b) through (i) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)(b) · 406.12(h)(1)(c) · 406.12(i)

Guidance and Discipline

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a) through (c) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a) · 406.15(b) · 406.15(c)

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(f) · Violation substantiated

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605777 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 17, 2024

Records and Reports

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

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 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 605777 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 29, 2022

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 605777 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

7738200077

Address
2144 W 83rd St
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked August 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 "COOPER-STEPNEY, PATRICIA" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 605777).

Small means licensed for 2 to 7 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Mid-size is 8; larger is 9 to 12.