Richton Park · Licensed family home

Allen, Barbara L

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 8 licensing inspections since October 2019.

Of the 183 Chicago-area family homes with 8 licensing inspections, 20% had rules cited at 6 of them, as this home did. 42% had rules cited at all 8.

Licensing inspections

Dec 8, 20251 citation

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Oct 29, 20243 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(j)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Feb 6, 20241 citation

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(j)

Sep 23, 20222 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Records and Reports

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

Jul 13, 2022No rules cited
Jun 29, 2022No rules cited
Oct 20, 20212 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(b)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

Oct 17, 20192 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(i)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
December 8, 2025
On file
8 visits since October 2019 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was January 7, 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.

Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · December 8, 2025

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 535702 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 29, 2024

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(ai) · Violation substantiated

Records and Reports

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 535702 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 6, 2024

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(j) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 535702 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · September 23, 2022

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 535702 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jun 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Oct 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · October 20, 2021

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 535702 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · October 17, 2019

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 535702 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

7089790283

Address
5127 Riverside Dr
License
license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

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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 "ALLEN, BARBARA L" under Provider Name and 60471 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 535702).

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.