Chicago · Licensed family home

Smith-Woods, Mealnee

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since June 2016.

Of the 408 Chicago-area family homes with 4 licensing inspections, 20% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this home did. 43% had rules cited at all 4, 6% at none.

Licensing inspections

May 18, 2023No rules cited
Jul 21, 202141 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(d)(1)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(q)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(q)(1)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(q)(2)

37 more from this inspection

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(q)(3)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(q)(4)

  • Substitutes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(c)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(g)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(h)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(e)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(3)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(b)

  • Substitutes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(e)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(j)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(k)

  • 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)

  • 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(p)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(p)(1)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(p)(2)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(c)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(d)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(d)(2)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(d)(3)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(i)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(q)(5)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(q)(6)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(r)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(s)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(1)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(2)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(4)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(u)

  • Substitutes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(a)

  • Substitutes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(b)

  • Substitutes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(d)

  • Substitutes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(f)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(f)

Jun 21, 20182 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Jun 2, 20165 citations

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(f)

  • 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)(3)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

1 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
May 18, 2023
On file
4 visits since June 2016 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was August 20, 2021. 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.

May 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jul 2021 Monitoring visit 41 findings

Monitoring visit · July 21, 2021

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

35 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) through (u) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) · 406.9(b) · 406.9(c) · 406.9(d) · 406.9(d)(1) · 406.9(d)(2) · 406.9(d)(3) · 406.9(e) · 406.9(f) · 406.9(g) · 406.9(h) · 406.9(i) · 406.9(j) · 406.9(k) · 406.9(m) · 406.9(n) · 406.9(o) · 406.9(p) · 406.9(p)(1) · 406.9(p)(2) · 406.9(q) · 406.9(q)(1) · 406.9(q)(2) · 406.9(q)(3) · 406.9(q)(4) · 406.9(q)(5) · 406.9(q)(6) · 406.9(r) · 406.9(s) · 406.9(t) · 406.9(t)(1) · 406.9(t)(2) · 406.9(t)(3) · 406.9(t)(4) · 406.9(u)

Substitutes

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(a) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(a) · 406.11(b) · 406.11(c) · 406.11(d) · 406.11(e) · 406.11(f)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 525122 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 21, 2018

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 525122 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2016 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · June 2, 2016

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(f) · Violation corrected

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

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)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 525122 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

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Details

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Address
9048 S Chappel Ave
License
license issued (il)

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State record

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

Details

  • Phone, Address — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SMITH-WOODS, MEALNEE" under Provider Name and 60617 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 525122).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SMITH-WOODS, MEALNEE" under Provider Name and 60617 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 525122).

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