Chicago · Licensed family home

Jackson, Sherry

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 8 of its licensing inspections since January 2011.

Of the 183 Chicago-area family homes with 8 licensing inspections, 42% had rules cited at all 8, as this home did.

Licensing inspections

May 26, 20262 citations

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(b)

Oct 8, 202516 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • 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)(17)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

12 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(j)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(l)

Jan 30, 20247 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(i)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

3 more from this inspection

  • Activity Requirements

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

Jan 31, 20232 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(1)

Apr 12, 20182 citations

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(b)

Jan 4, 20174 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)(24)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(h)(2)

Jan 10, 20139 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(f)

5 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(c)(2)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a)

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(b)

Jan 21, 20112 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
May 26, 2026
On file
8 visits since January 2011 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was June 9, 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.

May 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · May 26, 2026

Cooperation with the Department

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) through (b) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · 406.26(b)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 420230 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2025 Monitoring visit 16 findings

Monitoring visit · October 8, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a) · 406.8(a)(17) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(22) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(f) · 406.8(g) · 406.8(l) · 406.8(m)

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b) · 406.24(e) · 406.24(f)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · 406.14(c)(4)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 420230 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · January 30, 2024

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · 406.12(h)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) · Violation corrected

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Guidance and Discipline

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

Activity Requirements

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 420230 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 31, 2023

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Children Under 30 Months of Age

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 420230 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 12, 2018

Cooperation with the Department

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · 406.26(b)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 420230 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2017 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 4, 2017

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23) through (24) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(a)(24)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(h)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 420230 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2013 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · January 10, 2013

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) through (f) · Violation corrected

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

Records and Reports

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

Cooperation with the Department

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 420230 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2011 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 21, 2011

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) through (s)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · 406.9(s)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 420230 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

7736804805

Address
636 E 88th St
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 "JACKSON, SHERRY" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 420230).

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.