Dolton · Licensed family home

Howard, Theresa

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 9 of its licensing inspections since September 2012.

Of the 122 Chicago-area family homes with 9 licensing inspections, 46% had rules cited at all 9, as this home did.

Licensing inspections

Aug 21, 20253 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9

Sep 5, 20243 citations

  • 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(s)

Apr 7, 20233 citations

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(4)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3)

Sep 30, 20211 citation

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

Sep 23, 20204 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)(11)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)

Aug 14, 20174 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)

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

Aug 15, 20163 citations

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

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

Aug 14, 20132 citations

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Sep 10, 201216 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Substitutes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(f)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

12 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(5)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

  • 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)(4)(a)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 21, 2025
On file
9 visits since September 2012 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 20, 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.

Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · August 21, 2025

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 480633 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 5, 2024

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(s) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 480633 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · April 7, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) · Violation corrected on site

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14 · Violation corrected

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 480633 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 30, 2021

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 480633 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2020 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · September 23, 2020

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) through (11) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) · 406.8(a)(11)

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2) · Violation corrected

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 480633 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2017 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · August 14, 2017

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) through (1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) · 406.24(d)(1)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)(2) · 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 480633 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2016 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · August 15, 2016

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · 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 480633 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2013 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 14, 2013

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 480633 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2012 Monitoring visit 16 findings

Monitoring visit · September 10, 2012

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

8 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) through (h)(4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) · 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(4)(a) · 406.8(a)(22)(d) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(h)(2) · 406.8(h)(4)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Substitutes

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) · Violation corrected

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 480633 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

7085748213

Address
14520 University Ave
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "HOWARD, THERESA" under Provider Name and 60419 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 480633).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "HOWARD, THERESA" under Provider Name and 60419 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 480633).

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.