Calumet City · Licensed family home

Harris, Janita

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since January 2020.

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 27, 20265 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(5)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)

1 more from this inspection

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(3)

Jan 11, 20243 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Mar 9, 20238 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(b)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

4 more from this inspection

  • Qualifications for Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(e)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(j)

Dec 10, 20212 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(q)

Jan 22, 20202 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 27, 2026
On file
5 visits since January 2020 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was February 26, 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 5 findings

Monitoring visit · January 27, 2026

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (f) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(d)(5) · 406.24(f)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) through (t)(3) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) · 406.9(t)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 566294 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · January 11, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)(2) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 566294 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2023 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · March 9, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a) through (j) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a) · 406.8(b) · 406.8(g)(1) · 406.8(h)(2) · 406.8(j)

Qualifications for Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(e) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 566294 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · December 10, 2021

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 566294 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 22, 2020

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) through (f)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(f)(1)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 566294 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

7089968546

Address
532 Forsythe Ave
License
license issued (il)

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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 "HARRIS, JANITA" under Provider Name and 60409 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 566294).

Small means licensed for 2 to 7 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Mid-size is 8; larger is 9 to 12.