Chicago · Licensed family home

English, Darlene S

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since March 2024.

Of the 410 Chicago-area family homes with 4 licensing inspections, 42% had rules cited at all 4, as this home did. 6% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Apr 14, 20269 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)

  • 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)

5 more from this inspection

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(b)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(c)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(j)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)

Dec 4, 20255 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)(4)

  • 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)

1 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(n)

Feb 21, 20256 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)(2)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(j)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(b)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(c)

2 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)

Mar 29, 20241 citation

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
April 14, 2026
On file
4 visits since March 2024 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was May 14, 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.

Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · April 14, 2026

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

Guidance and Discipline

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(b) through (c) · Violation substantiated

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

Records and Reports

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

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

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 623131 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · December 4, 2025

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)

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 623131 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · February 21, 2025

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)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23) through (f)(2) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(f)(2)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(j) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 623131 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 29, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 623131 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

7089413486

Address
8042 S Normal Ave
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 "ENGLISH, DARLENE S" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 623131).

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.