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Heard, Felice S

8560 S RHODES AVE, Chicago, IL 60619

Home Daycare · Pending renewal application · Licensed since 2005

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7 safety violations (CCASEC7A +6 more) in the last 3 year(s) — 4 corrected, 3 corrective plan in progress; 18 administrative violations in the last 3 year(s)

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Category check

No serious safety issues right now; some safety areas have past or minor findings.

Safety

can be flagged serious
  • Background checks2
  • Supervision
  • Discipline1
  • Health & sanitation10
  • Building safety

Administrative

records, staffing & routine — minor
  • Staff-to-child ratios1
  • Staff training3
  • Paperwork / records2
  • Operations6

Key findings

Most recent or most severe violations based on your filters.

CCASEC7ABackground checksCorrected

Staff member working WITHOUT a completed background check (Child Care Act §7(a))

Illinois law (Child Care Act §7(a)) requires daycare employees to pass a criminal history check before working with children. This citation is recorded when that screening is incomplete or not documented for someone in the facility's personnel records. DCFS typically pairs it with a corrective plan requiring the screening be completed.

2026-01-22
4069ABackground checksCorrected

Family home provider has NOT completed required background check

2025-03-19
40614C4Health & sanitationCorrected

Unsafe infant sleep requirement not met (SIDS risk)

2025-03-19

All violations

25 violations shown (18 outside lookback window)

DCFS SunshineSearch Provider #429030
Background checks(2)
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CCASEC7ABackground checksCorrected

Staff member working WITHOUT a completed background check (Child Care Act §7(a))

Illinois law (Child Care Act §7(a)) requires daycare employees to pass a criminal history check before working with children. This citation is recorded when that screening is incomplete or not documented for someone in the facility's personnel records. DCFS typically pairs it with a corrective plan requiring the screening be completed.

2026-01-22
4069ABackground checksCorrected

Family home provider has NOT completed required background check

2025-03-19
Discipline(1)
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40615ADisciplineCorrected

DISCIPLINE — prohibited discipline in family day care home

2025-03-19
Health & sanitation(10)
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40614C1Health & sanitationCorrected

Family home — health & safety requirement not met

2025-03-19
40614C4Health & sanitationCorrected

Unsafe infant sleep requirement not met (SIDS risk)

2025-03-19
40614CHealth & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — health & safety requirement not met

2024-01-11

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

40614C1Health & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — health & safety requirement not met

2024-01-11

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

40614C2Health & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Unsafe infant sleep environment — prohibited soft objects present (suffocation/SIDS risk)

2024-01-11

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

40614C3Health & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Unsafe infant sleep practice — infant not placed on back on firm, flat surface (SIDS risk)

2024-01-11

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

40614C4Health & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Unsafe infant sleep requirement not met (SIDS risk)

2024-01-11

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

40624BHealth & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — records & reports requirement not met (§406.24)

2024-01-11

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

40624EHealth & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — records & reports requirement not met (§406.24)

2024-01-11

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

40624FHealth & sanitationSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — records & reports requirement not met (§406.24)

2024-01-11

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

Staff-to-child ratios(1)
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40613Staff-to-child ratiosIn compliance

Family home — capacity or age group limit exceeded

2025-03-19
Staff training(3)
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4069TStaff trainingCorrected

Family home — annual 15-clock-hour in-service training requirement not met

2026-01-22
4069MStaff trainingCorrected

Family home — provider qualification requirement not met

2025-03-19
4069TStaff trainingSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — annual 15-clock-hour in-service training requirement not met

2024-01-11

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

Paperwork / records(2)
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40612JPaperwork / recordkeepingCorrected

Family home — enrollment or discharge procedure not followed

2026-01-22
40612HPaperwork / recordkeepingSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — enrollment or discharge procedure not followed

2024-01-11

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

Operations(6)
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4068A5AOperationsCorrected

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2026-01-22
4068A29OperationsCorrected

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2026-01-22
4068J2OperationsCorrected

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2026-01-22
4068NOperationsCorrected

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2026-01-22
4068A23OperationsCorrected

Family home — general licensing requirement not met

2025-03-19
4066KOperationsSubstantiated (plan issued)

Family home — license provision requirement not met (§406.6)

2024-01-11

DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.

How we rate this daycareIllinois DCFS records

DCFS doesn't grade violations, so we classify each citation by the rule it cites: rules tied to immediate child safety (supervision, background checks, discipline, and the higher-risk building and health rules) are red; administrative rules (ratios, training, paperwork) are yellow. Classification is per citation, so two findings in the same category can differ.

🔴 Serious concerns — any of:

  • A child-safety (red) violation is still unresolved — past its correction deadline, or cited again as a repeat
  • DCFS issued a Protective Plan — a formal finding of an active risk to a child
  • 2 or more violations are past their correction deadline

🟡 Watch carefully — any of:

  • A child-safety (red) violation was corrected or is being corrected
  • 3 or more administrative (yellow) violations
  • 1 violation is past its correction deadline
  • An active corrective plan — DCFS formally required a fix

🟢 Clean

Actively licensed, with no violations (or only minor, corrected ones) in your lookback window.

Data sourced from Illinois DCFS (DCFS Sunshine). Last updated: Aug 7, 2026. GoldiCheck is not affiliated with DCFS. Always verify with the DCFS Sunshine record (search Provider #429030).

This is a home-based program. The operator's name and address are published by DCFS as part of the licensing record, under state transparency law; we republish only what that record makes public.