Chicago · Licensed family home

Embrey, Calitha

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since March 2022.

Of the 353 Chicago-area family homes with 5 licensing inspections, 43% had rules cited at all 5, as this home did. 1% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Jan 22, 20264 citations

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)

  • 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(a)(28)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(j)

Jan 9, 20251 citation

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

Sep 26, 20243 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)(5)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Dec 14, 20237 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • 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)(21)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

3 more from this inspection

  • Substitutes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(a)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(5)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(o)

Mar 31, 20222 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(m)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 22, 2026
On file
5 visits since March 2022 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was February 5, 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.

Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 22, 2026

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(28) through (j) · Violation corrected

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605630 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 9, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605630 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 26, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(c) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(c) · 406.8(a)(5) · 406.8(a)(6)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605630 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · December 14, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(22) · 406.8(a)(23)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(o) through (t)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(o) · 406.9(t)(5)

Substitutes

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605630 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 31, 2022

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a) through (m) · Violation substantiated

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 605630 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.

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Address
1533 S Kilbourn Ave
License
license issued (il)

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All checked July 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 "EMBREY, CALITHA" under Provider Name and 60623 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 605630).

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.