Park Forest · Licensed family home

Rheams, Cynthia A

Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since August 2014.

Of the 224 Chicago-area family homes with 7 licensing inspections, 25% had rules cited at 6 of them, as this home did. 43% had rules cited at all 7.

Licensing inspections

Feb 4, 20252 citations

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)(5)

Jan 26, 20243 citations

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)

Mar 22, 20221 citation

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)

Mar 5, 2021No rules cited

Mar 13, 20194 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(j)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)
Children Under 30 Months of Age
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(b)(4)

May 15, 201812 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(h)
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b)(1)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

8 more from this inspection

Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3)
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)(15)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g)
Children Under 30 Months of Age
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)(5)

Aug 15, 20147 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

3 more from this inspection

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(4)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: February 4, 2025
On file: 7 visits since August 2014 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was March 6, 2025. 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 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 4, 2025

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (5) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(5)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 172931 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · January 26, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29) · Violation substantiated

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · Repeat violation

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 172931 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 22, 2022

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 172931 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 13, 2019

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) through (j) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(j)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(b)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 172931 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2018 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · May 15, 2018

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

8 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (h)(5) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(15) · 406.8(a)(19)(g) · 406.8(a)(19)(h) · 406.8(g) · 406.8(h)(5)

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

Number and Ages of Children Served

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

Children Under 30 Months of Age

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 172931 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2014 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · August 15, 2014

Records and Reports

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(e) · 406.24(f)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

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 172931 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

7087178239

Address: 138 Chestnut St
License: license issued (il)

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All checked August 2026.

State record

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

Details

Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "RHEAMS, CYNTHIA A" under Provider Name and 60466 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 172931).

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.