Chicago · Licensed family home

Pratts, Mary L

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 6 licensing inspections since January 2013.

Of the 327 Chicago-area family homes with 6 licensing inspections, 17% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this home did. 43% had rules cited at all 6.

Licensing inspections

Jan 29, 2026No rules cited
Jan 27, 2025No rules cited
Feb 5, 20187 citations

  • School Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)(1)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Application for License

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

3 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)

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

Jan 8, 201610 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(k)

  • Records and Reports

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

6 more from this inspection

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)

  • Records and Reports

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

Jan 31, 201417 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

13 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

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

  • Records and Reports

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

  • Records and Reports

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(4)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(6)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(5)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Jan 24, 201312 citations

  • Substitutes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(c)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

  • Records and Reports

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

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

8 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • 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(o)

  • Records and Reports

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

  • Records and Reports

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 29, 2026
On file
6 visits since January 2013 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 5, 2018. 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.

Jan 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jan 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2018 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · February 5, 2018

Application for License

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

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

School Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)(1) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f) · 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 453569 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2016 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · January 8, 2016

Records and Reports

7 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b) through (k) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b) · 406.24(c) · 406.24(d) · 406.24(e) · 406.24(i)(1) · 406.24(i)(3) · 406.24(k)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) through (m) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) · 406.9(m)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453569 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2014 Monitoring visit 17 findings

Monitoring visit · January 31, 2014

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

Records and Reports

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(1) · 406.24(e)(2) · 406.24(e)(3) · 406.24(e)(4) · 406.24(e)(5) · 406.24(e)(6)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12 · 406.12(b)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8 · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453569 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2013 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · January 24, 2013

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) through (23) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) · 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(23)

Records and Reports

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (e)(3) · Violation corrected

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(o)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

Substitutes

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453569 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

7737785212

Address
2857 W 55th St
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 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 "PRATTS, MARY L" under Provider Name and 60632 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 453569).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "PRATTS, MARY L" under Provider Name and 60632 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 453569).

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.