Chicago · Licensed family home

Johnson, Mary

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since April 2024.

Of the 423 Chicago-area family homes with 3 licensing inspections, 50% had rules cited at all 3, as this home did. 13% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Feb 17, 20263 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(s)

  • 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(m)

Jan 29, 20253 citations

  • 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(i)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Apr 9, 20246 citations

  • 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)(23)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(h)

2 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
February 17, 2026
On file
3 visits since April 2024 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 17, 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.

Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 17, 2026

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · 406.9(t)

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 628232 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · January 29, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23) · Violation substantiated

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 628232 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · April 9, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a) through (g) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a) · 406.8(a)(19)(g) · 406.8(a)(19)(h) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(g)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 628232 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

7738040585

Address
1631 N Merrimac Ave
License
license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

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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 "JOHNSON, MARY" under Provider Name and 60639 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 628232).

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.