Chicago · Licensed family home

Drake, Charity M

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 6 of its licensing inspections since March 2011.

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

Licensing inspections

Sep 16, 20255 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(j)

1 more from this inspection

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

Mar 13, 20233 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

  • School Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)

Apr 23, 20192 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

Feb 26, 20161 citation

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

Mar 11, 20135 citations

  • 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)(4)

  • Qualifications for Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(a)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

1 more from this inspection

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

Mar 3, 20117 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • 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)(4)

3 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
September 16, 2025
On file
6 visits since March 2011 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was November 16, 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.

Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 16, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (14) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(6) · 406.8(a)(14)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(j) through (t) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(j) · 406.9(t)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 345897 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 13, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · Violation substantiated

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

School Age Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 345897 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 23, 2019

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (t) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 345897 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2016 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 26, 2016

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 345897 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2013 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · March 11, 2013

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(g)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Qualifications for Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 345897 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2011 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · March 3, 2011

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)(b) through (c) · Violation corrected

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

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 345897 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

7737384073

Address
12141 S Princeton Ave
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 "DRAKE, CHARITY M" under Provider Name and 60628 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 345897).

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.