Chicago · Licensed family home

Kakow, Najat

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since July 2018.

Of the 420 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

Jul 14, 20212 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1)

Sep 27, 201911 citations

  • Caregivers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)

7 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1)

  • Background Checks

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(b)(2)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(11)

Jul 18, 20189 citations

  • Caregivers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)

5 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

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

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(b)

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(c)(1)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(r)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
July 14, 2021
On file
3 visits since July 2018 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was August 13, 2021. 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.

Jul 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 14, 2021

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 439082 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · September 27, 2019

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(11) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · Violation corrected

Background Checks

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40 · Violation corrected

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · Violation corrected

Number and Ages of Children Served

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(b)(2) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 439082 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2018 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · July 18, 2018

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

Number and Ages of Children Served

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(b) through (c)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(b) · 408.65(c)(1)

Records and Reports

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

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

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j) · Violation corrected

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 439082 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

7733172342

Address
4248 N Drake Ave
License
license issued (il)

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State record

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

Details

  • Phone, Address — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KAKOW, NAJAT" under Provider Name and 60618 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 439082).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KAKOW, NAJAT" under Provider Name and 60618 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 439082).

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.