Chicago · Licensed center

Sonyae's Caring Hands

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since March 2024.

Of the 123 Chicago-area centers with 4 licensing inspections, 59% had rules cited at all 4, as this center did. 2% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Dec 18, 202512 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(2)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(21)

8 more from this inspection

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(3)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(c)

  • Grouping and Staffing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190

Jul 22, 20241 citation

  • Outdoor Play Area

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l)

Apr 15, 20241 citation

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)

Mar 13, 20241 citation

  • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
December 18, 2025
On file
4 visits since March 2024 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was January 18, 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.

Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · December 18, 2025

Personnel Records

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) through (3) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a) · 407.120(a)(3)

Guidance and Discipline

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) through (c) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · 407.270(c)

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2) through (4) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2) · 407.340(a)(4)

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1) through (2) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(f)(1) · 407.370(f)(2)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190 · Violation substantiated

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(f)(21) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(3) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 606246 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 22, 2024

Outdoor Play Area

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.390(l) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 606246 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 15, 2024

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 606246 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 13, 2024

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 606246 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.

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Address
8625 S Cottage Grove Ave
License
license issued (il)

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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 "SONYAE'S CARING HANDS" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 606246).

Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.