Chicago Hts · Licensed family home

Smith, Barbara J

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 5 of its 8 licensing inspections since February 2013.

Of the 183 Chicago-area family homes with 8 licensing inspections, 10% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this home did. 42% had rules cited at all 8.

Licensing inspections

Jan 26, 2026No rules cited
Feb 26, 2025No rules cited
Dec 21, 20224 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(j)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Jan 4, 2022No rules cited
Dec 9, 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)(14)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Feb 1, 201816 citations

  • Activity Requirements

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b)

  • Nutrition and Meals

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(a)

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

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

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

12 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • 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)(14)

  • 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)(22)(h)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(e)(8)

  • Activity Requirements

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)

  • 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(e)

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

Mar 3, 20143 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Feb 20, 20132 citations

  • School Age Children

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 26, 2026
On file
8 visits since February 2013 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was January 9, 2020. 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
Feb 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · December 21, 2022

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) through (j) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(j)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 510675 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Dec 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · December 9, 2019

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(j)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 510675 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2018 Monitoring visit 16 findings

Monitoring visit · February 1, 2018

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

9 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) through (e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(19)(a) · 406.8(a)(19)(f) · 406.8(a)(22)(h) · 406.8(e)

Activity Requirements

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b) through (c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b) · 406.16(c)

Children Under 30 Months of Age

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(e)(8) through (g)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(e)(8) · 406.22(g)(5)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Nutrition and Meals

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(a) · Violation corrected

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 510675 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2014 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 3, 2014

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected · Rule cited again

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

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 510675 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2013 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · February 20, 2013

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

School Age Children

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 510675 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

7088982435

Address
1321 Ashland Ave
License
license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

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All checked August 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, BARBARA J" under Provider Name and 60411 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 510675).

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.