Chicago · Licensed family home

Mahaffey, Ladonna T

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 10 of its licensing inspections since March 2011.

Of the 365 Chicago-area family homes with 10 or more licensing inspections, 44% had rules cited at all of them, as this home did.

Licensing inspections

Feb 19, 202010 citations

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(f)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)

6 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(j)(5)

  • Records and Reports

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(b)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

Feb 20, 20192 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)

Dec 13, 20181 citation

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)

Jan 10, 20187 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)

3 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1)

  • Transportation of Children By Day Care Home

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.18(f)(2)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

Feb 10, 20162 citations

  • Nutrition and Meals

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(i)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Feb 11, 201513 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(h)(1)

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(d)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

9 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

Mar 6, 20146 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

2 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3)

May 1, 201312 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • 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(c)(3)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

8 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

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

  • Substitutes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(a)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • 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)(4)

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3)

Feb 22, 20125 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

  • 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(c)(3)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

1 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Mar 2, 20117 citations

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(f)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(3)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

3 more from this inspection

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(u)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
February 19, 2020
On file
10 visits since March 2011 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 13, 2020. 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 2020 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · February 19, 2020

Application for Renewal of License

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(b) through (e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(b) · 406.5(e)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) through (j)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(j)(5)

Application for License

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

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15 · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 394580 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 20, 2019

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 394580 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · December 13, 2018

Cooperation with the Department

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 394580 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2018 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · January 10, 2018

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (19)(h) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(19)(h)

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(n) · Violation corrected

Transportation of Children By Day Care Home

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.18(f)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 394580 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 10, 2016

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Nutrition and Meals

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(i) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 394580 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2015 Monitoring visit 13 findings

Monitoring visit · February 11, 2015

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) through (h)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(h)(1)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(4)

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(n) · Violation corrected

Number and Ages of Children Served

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(d) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 394580 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2014 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · March 6, 2014

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 394580 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2013 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · May 1, 2013

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4)

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(d)(2) · 406.24(d)(3)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · Violation corrected

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(a) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Number and Ages of Children Served

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 394580 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2012 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · February 22, 2012

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (23) · Violation corrected

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

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(c)(3) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 394580 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2011 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · March 2, 2011

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(u)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

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

Application for License

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

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 394580 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

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Address
2835 W Congress Pkwy
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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

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