Chicago · Licensed family home

Simmons, Deborah A

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 7 of its licensing inspections since January 2013.

Of the 225 Chicago-area family homes with 7 licensing inspections, 43% had rules cited at all 7, as this home did.

Licensing inspections

Jan 13, 20268 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)

  • 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(t)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

4 more from this inspection

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

  • 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)

Jan 23, 20254 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(a)(20)

  • 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)(1)

Apr 29, 20242 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)

Jan 19, 20234 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(5)

Feb 15, 202213 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

9 more from this inspection

  • 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)(3)

  • 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)(g)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

Jul 11, 20196 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

  • 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)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

2 more from this inspection

  • 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(b)(3)

Jan 16, 20131 citation

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 13, 2026
On file
7 visits since January 2013 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was February 12, 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.

Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · January 13, 2026

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) through (23) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(23)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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 397616 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 23, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) through (23) · Violation substantiated

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 397616 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 29, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a) through (11) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a) · 406.8(a)(11)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 397616 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 19, 2023

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · 406.9(n)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) · Violation corrected

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 397616 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2022 Monitoring visit 13 findings

Monitoring visit · February 15, 2022

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e) · 406.24(f)

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

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 397616 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2019 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · July 11, 2019

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 397616 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2013 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 16, 2013

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 397616 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

3129980892

Address
7515 S Dorchester Ave
License
license issued (il)

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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 "SIMMONS, DEBORAH A" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 397616).

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.