Waukegan · Licensed family home

Thompson, Ballasa M

Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 5 of its 6 licensing inspections since August 2015.

Of the 325 Chicago-area family homes with 6 licensing inspections, 25% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this home did. 43% had rules cited at all 6.

Licensing inspections

Jan 6, 20266 citations

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(d)(2)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(16)

2 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(6)

Jan 22, 20252 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(8)

Feb 6, 20243 citations

Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(a)(1)(a)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h)

Jan 5, 20247 citations

Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(k)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(o)

3 more from this inspection

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(k)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(12)

Jun 6, 2016No rules cited

Aug 18, 20157 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(i)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)

3 more from this inspection

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: January 6, 2026
On file: 6 visits since August 2015 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was February 6, 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 6 findings

Monitoring visit · January 6, 2026

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) through (16) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) · 408.30(a)(3) · 408.30(a)(6) · 408.30(a)(13) · 408.30(a)(16)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(d)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 513443 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 22, 2025

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(8) · Violation corrected on site

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 513443 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 6, 2024

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · Rule cited again

Number and Ages of Children Served

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(a)(1)(a) · Violation corrected on site

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 513443 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · January 5, 2024

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(12) through (k) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(12) · 408.30(k)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) through (o) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · 408.35(o)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) through (k) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) · 408.120(k)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 513443 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2016 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Aug 2015 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · August 18, 2015

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(3)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(i) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 513443 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

8472498759

Address: 1217 S Elmwood 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 "THOMPSON, BALLASA M" under Provider Name and 60085 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 513443).

Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.