Chicago · Licensed family home

Sparks, Francesca

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 6 of its licensing inspections since February 2021.

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

Licensing inspections

Jan 14, 20252 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)(1)

  • Records and Reports

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

Jul 12, 202412 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(r)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(13)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

8 more from this inspection

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(6)

Sep 27, 20235 citations

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)(e)

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(2)

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

1 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Jul 26, 20223 citations

  • 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)(a)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

Jun 24, 20221 citation

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26

Feb 3, 202112 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

8 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(f)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 14, 2025
On file
6 visits since February 2021 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was February 13, 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.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 14, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 586303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2024 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · July 12, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a) through (29) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a) · 406.8(a)(6) · 406.8(a)(13) · 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(a)(29)

Records and Reports

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) through (r) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) · 406.24(d)(3) · 406.24(e)(6) · 406.24(r)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) through (t) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 586303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 27, 2023

Application for Renewal of License

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1) · 406.5(e)(2)

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)

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)(e) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 586303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 26, 2022

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 586303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 24, 2022

Cooperation with the Department

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26 · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 586303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2021 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · February 3, 2021

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (4) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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

Records and Reports

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

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (t) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 586303 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

7738857356

Address
9746 S Brennan 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 "SPARKS, FRANCESCA" under Provider Name and 60617 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 586303).

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.