Markham · Licensed family home

Houston, Shirrena

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since August 2017.

Of the 408 Chicago-area family homes with 4 licensing inspections, 43% had rules cited at all 4, as this home did. 6% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Jun 25, 20252 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(o)

  • Background Checks

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(b)

Jan 21, 20218 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(h)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h)

4 more from this inspection

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(f)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(i)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(n)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

May 28, 20183 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)

Aug 22, 20175 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(c)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(10)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)

1 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
June 25, 2025
On file
4 visits since August 2017 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was July 25, 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.

Jun 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 25, 2025

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(o) · Violation substantiated

Background Checks

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(b) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558512 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2021 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · January 21, 2021

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2) · 408.120(h) · 408.120(i)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · 408.60(h)

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(f) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(n) · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558512 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · May 28, 2018

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · Violation substantiated

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · Violation substantiated

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558512 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2017 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · August 22, 2017

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(c) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(c) · 408.60(d)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) through (c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(c)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(10) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 558512 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

7089982779

Address
16649 Central Park 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 "HOUSTON, SHIRRENA" under Provider Name and 60428 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 558512).

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