Chicago · Licensed family home

Smith, April L

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since February 2012.

Of the 225 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

Nov 13, 20254 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(m)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Sep 29, 20232 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

Oct 12, 2022No rules cited
Feb 22, 20219 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

5 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • 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)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Oct 4, 20191 citation

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)

Sep 7, 20173 citations

  • 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)(24)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Feb 3, 20122 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • 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
November 13, 2025
On file
7 visits since February 2012 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was November 19, 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.

Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · November 13, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) through (m)(5) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(g) · 406.8(m) · 406.8(m)(5)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 448685 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · September 29, 2023

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 448685 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2021 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · February 22, 2021

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (f) · Violation substantiated

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

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5) through (e) · Violation substantiated

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) through (h)(1) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · 406.12(h)(1)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 448685 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · October 4, 2019

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 448685 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2017 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 7, 2017

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)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(24) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 448685 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2012 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 3, 2012

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 448685 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

7735032382

Address
7120 S Christiana 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 "SMITH, APRIL L" under Provider Name and 60629 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 448685).