Chicago · Licensed family home

Steele-Brooks, Karren A

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 6 of its licensing inspections since December 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 6, 202618 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)

  • 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(t)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

14 more from this inspection

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

  • Activity Requirements

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • 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(a)(1)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • 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)(29)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(i)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a)

May 12, 20251 citation

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)

Apr 29, 20251 citation

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)

Apr 9, 202412 citations

  • 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)(20)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

8 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

Dec 15, 20222 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(22)(a)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Dec 13, 20218 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(1)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

4 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(16)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17)

  • Activity Requirements

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(i)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 6, 2026
On file
6 visits since December 2021 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was February 5, 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.

Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 18 findings

Monitoring visit · January 6, 2026

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

7 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (e) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(4)(a) · 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(a)(29) · 406.8(e)

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)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(i) through (k) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(i) · 406.6(k)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a) · Violation substantiated

Activity Requirements

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c) · Violation substantiated

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 400969 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 12, 2025

Cooperation with the Department

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · Repeat violation

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 400969 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 29, 2025

Cooperation with the Department

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 400969 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · April 9, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (23) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(a)(19)(g) · 406.8(a)(19)(h) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(23)

Records and Reports

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

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) through (k)(1) · Violation corrected

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

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 400969 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · December 15, 2022

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (22)(a) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(22)(a)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 400969 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2021 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · December 13, 2021

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (17) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(a)(16) · 406.8(a)(17)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(i) · Violation substantiated

Activity Requirements

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c) · Violation substantiated

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(1) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 400969 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

7732889690

Address
8048 S Michigan Ave
License
license issued (il)

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All checked August 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 "STEELE-BROOKS, KARREN A" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 400969).

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.