Chicago · Licensed family home

Simmons, Vivian

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 6 of its licensing inspections since May 2011.

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

Licensing inspections

Mar 10, 20264 citations

  • 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)(21)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(m)(2)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Apr 1, 20256 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(j)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)

  • 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)(23)

2 more from this inspection

  • 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)(20)

Mar 21, 20244 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)(3)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(j)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(j)

Mar 24, 20162 citations

  • Records and Reports

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Jan 21, 20152 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(o)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

May 26, 20116 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

2 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
March 10, 2026
On file
6 visits since May 2011 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 30, 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.

Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 10, 2026

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) through (m)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(m)(2)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504519 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · April 1, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g) through (23) · Violation substantiated

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504519 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 21, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)(3) · Violation substantiated

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504519 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 24, 2016

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 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 504519 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2015 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 21, 2015

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)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504519 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2011 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · May 26, 2011

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) through (20) · Violation corrected

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) · 406.12(b)(3)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 504519 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

7737165456

Address
9253 S Elizabeth St
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked July 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 "SIMMONS, VIVIAN" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 504519).

Small means licensed for 2 to 7 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Mid-size is 8; larger is 9 to 12.