Chicago · Licensed family home

Coppage, Velma J

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

The state cited rules at 5 of its 8 licensing inspections since February 2012.

Of the 183 Chicago-area family homes with 8 licensing inspections, 10% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this home did. 42% had rules cited at all 8.

Licensing inspections

Dec 19, 20258 citations

Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(f)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(n)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(o)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(l)

4 more from this inspection

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(m)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(b)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(j)

Oct 21, 2024No rules cited

Oct 7, 2024No rules cited

Sep 4, 2024No rules cited

Aug 19, 20194 citations

Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)
Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1)
Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(2)
Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(h)

Aug 24, 20187 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)

3 more from this inspection

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(4)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Sep 13, 201210 citations

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)(20)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(ai)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)

6 more from this inspection

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3)

Feb 2, 201213 citations

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
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)(2)
School Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)

9 more from this inspection

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(1)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(2)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(4)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(5)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: December 19, 2025
On file: 8 visits since February 2012 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was December 24, 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.

Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · December 19, 2025

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(j) through (o) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(j) · 406.12(l) · 406.12(m) · 406.12(n) · 406.12(o)

Guidance and Discipline

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a) through (b) · Violation corrected

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

Substitutes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 415793 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Sep 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Aug 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · August 19, 2019

Application for License

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(h) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(h) · 406.4(b)(2)

Application for Renewal of License

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1) · 406.5(e)(2)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 415793 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2018 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · August 24, 2018

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) through (23) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(23)

Records and Reports

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

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

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(4) · 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 415793 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2012 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · September 13, 2012

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

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

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) through (21) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(21)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 415793 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2012 Monitoring visit 13 findings

Monitoring visit · February 2, 2012

Records and Reports

7 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) through (e)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(d)(2) · 406.24(d)(3) · 406.24(d)(4) · 406.24(d)(5) · 406.24(e)(1) · 406.24(e)(2)

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)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) through (21) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(21)

School Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 415793 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

7733078047

Address: 3952 W Ohio St
License: license issued (il)

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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 "COPPAGE, VELMA J" under Provider Name and 60624 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 415793).

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.