Chicago · Licensed family home

Sparks, Romunda D

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 9 of its licensing inspections since August 2011.

Of the 122 Chicago-area family homes with 9 licensing inspections, 46% had rules cited at all 9, as this home did.

Licensing inspections

Aug 13, 20252 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(i)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

Jul 2, 20241 citation

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Aug 24, 20221 citation

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Sep 29, 20219 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(f)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(g)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

5 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Aug 17, 20205 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • School Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)

1 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Sep 8, 20163 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Jul 22, 20144 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)

  • Transportation of Children By Day Care Home

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.18(f)(2)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(24)

Apr 12, 20135 citations

  • 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(o)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(8)

1 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Aug 3, 20115 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

1 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

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

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 13, 2025
On file
9 visits since August 2011 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 30, 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.

Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 13, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(i) · 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 393244 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 2, 2024

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 393244 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 24, 2022

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 393244 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2021 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · September 29, 2021

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

8 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) through (h)(1)(c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · 406.12(f) · 406.12(g) · 406.12(h) · 406.12(h)(1) · 406.12(h)(1)(a) · 406.12(h)(1)(b) · 406.12(h)(1)(c)

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 393244 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2020 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · August 17, 2020

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

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) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 393244 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2016 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 8, 2016

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

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 393244 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2014 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · July 22, 2014

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23) through (24) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(a)(24)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Transportation of Children By Day Care Home

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.18(f)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 393244 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2013 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · April 12, 2013

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (8) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(8)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(i) through (o) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(i) · 406.9(o)

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 393244 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2011 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · August 3, 2011

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected

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

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (e)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e)(1)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 393244 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

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Address
6523 S Maplewood 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 "SPARKS, ROMUNDA D" under Provider Name and 60629 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 393244).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SPARKS, ROMUNDA D" under Provider Name and 60629 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 393244).

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.