Chicago · Licensed family home

Cross, Nikita S

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 9 of its licensing inspections since June 2017.

Of the 122 Chicago-area family homes with 9 licensing inspections, 46% had rules cited at all 9, as this home did.

Licensing inspections

Jun 13, 20242 citations

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(b)

Aug 2, 20234 citations

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(a)

  • Activity Requirements

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b)(3)

  • Activity Requirements

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b)(5)

  • Activity Requirements

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)(4)

May 25, 20237 citations

  • Transportation of Children By Day Care Home

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.18(f)(2)

  • School Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(b)(5)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

3 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(s)

Jun 7, 20228 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5)

4 more from this inspection

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(e)(8)

  • Activity Requirements

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)(2)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14

Sep 2, 20202 citations

  • 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(t)

Jun 29, 20201 citation

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)

May 6, 20194 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6)

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(h)(4)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(28)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

Jul 9, 20181 citation

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)

Jun 5, 201724 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(j)

  • Application for License

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

20 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)

  • 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)(20)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(i)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)(5)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(i)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • 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)(19)(h)

  • 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)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(6)

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(h)(4)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
June 13, 2024
On file
9 visits since June 2017 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was June 14, 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 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 13, 2024

Cooperation with the Department

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · 406.26(b)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547031 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · August 2, 2023

Activity Requirements

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b)(3) through (c)(4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b)(3) · 406.16(b)(5) · 406.16(c)(4)

Number and Ages of Children Served

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547031 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2023 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · May 25, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)(1) through (k)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)(1) · 406.8(k)(1)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) through (s) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) · 406.24(s)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Transportation of Children By Day Care Home

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.18(f)(2) · Violation corrected

School Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(b)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547031 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2022 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · June 7, 2022

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(5)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Activity Requirements

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)(2) · Violation corrected

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(e)(8) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547031 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · September 2, 2020

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

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 547031 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 29, 2020

Cooperation with the Department

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547031 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · May 6, 2019

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) through (g) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) · 406.8(a)(28) · 406.8(g)

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(h)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547031 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 9, 2018

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547031 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2017 Monitoring visit 24 findings

Monitoring visit · June 5, 2017

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

12 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (h)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(4)(a) · 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(a)(19)(g) · 406.8(a)(19)(h) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(a)(29) · 406.8(g) · 406.8(h) · 406.8(h)(5)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(i) through (t) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(i) · 406.9(m) · 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)

Records and Reports

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(d) · 406.24(e) · 406.24(j)

Children Under 30 Months of Age

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(6) through (h)(4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(6) · 406.22(h)(4)

Application for License

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

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547031 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

3128375122

Address
1707 N Linder 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 "CROSS, NIKITA S" under Provider Name and 60639 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 547031).

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.