Zaidi, Cheryl M
GoldiCheck · State record
6 safety violations (40614C2 +5 more) in the last 3 year(s) — corrected; 23 administrative violations in the last 3 year(s)
Category check
No serious safety issues right now; some safety areas have past or minor findings.
Safety
can be flagged seriousKey findings
Most recent or most severe violations based on your filters.
Unsafe infant sleep environment — prohibited soft objects present (suffocation/SIDS risk)
Unsafe infant sleep practice — infant not placed on back on firm, flat surface (SIDS risk)
Staff member with disqualifying criminal record working with children (Health Care Worker Background Check Act §25-II)
This citation category applies under Illinois' Health Care Worker Background Check Act when a background check identifies a Category II record — offenses such as certain drug felonies, robbery, or aggravated assault. These are presumptively disqualifying, though DCFS may grant a formal waiver under specific conditions. Check the status shown with this finding: these are commonly recorded once screening has surfaced the record and the facility has responded.
All violations
29 violations shown (22 outside lookback window)
Background checks(2)
Staff member with disqualifying criminal record working with children (Health Care Worker Background Check Act §25-II)
This citation category applies under Illinois' Health Care Worker Background Check Act when a background check identifies a Category II record — offenses such as certain drug felonies, robbery, or aggravated assault. These are presumptively disqualifying, though DCFS may grant a formal waiver under specific conditions. Check the status shown with this finding: these are commonly recorded once screening has surfaced the record and the facility has responded.
Family home provider has NOT completed required background check
Discipline(1)
DISCIPLINE — prohibited physical or harmful discipline used in family day care home
Health & sanitation(9)
Family home — child medical report/records not maintained
Family home — records & reports requirement not met (§406.24)
Family home — records & reports requirement not met (§406.24)
Family home — records & reports requirement not met (§406.24)
Family home — health & safety requirement not met
Unsafe infant sleep environment — prohibited soft objects present (suffocation/SIDS risk)
Unsafe infant sleep practice — infant not placed on back on firm, flat surface (SIDS risk)
Family home — health & safety requirement not met
Family home — nutrition or meal service requirement not met
Building safety(2)
Family home — transportation safety requirement not met
FAMILY HOME SWIMMING/WADING — water safety requirement not met (drowning risk)
Staff-to-child ratios(1)
Family home — capacity or age group limit exceeded
Staff training(4)
Family home — provider qualification requirement not met
Family home — annual 15-clock-hour in-service training requirement not met
Family home — provider qualification requirement not met
Family home — assistant qualification requirement not met
Operations(10)
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
Family home — licensing requirement not met
Family home — license provision requirement not met
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
Family home — substitute caregiver requirement not met
Family home — activity requirements not met
Family home — children with special needs requirement not met
Family home — school-age program requirement not met
Family home — licensing requirement not met
Family home — licensing requirement not met
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 #238894).
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.