Chicago · Licensed family home

Allen, Ruth

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since April 2016.

Of the 353 Chicago-area family homes with 5 licensing inspections, 43% had rules cited at all 5, as this home did. 1% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Jun 25, 202513 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(d)

9 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(5)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

May 17, 20248 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)

4 more from this inspection

  • 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)(3)

  • 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)

Oct 4, 20227 citations

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)

  • Nutrition and Meals

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(a)

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(h)(4)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a)

3 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

  • Records and Reports

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

Apr 6, 20184 citations

  • 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)(19)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(24)

Apr 26, 20166 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

2 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
June 25, 2025
On file
5 visits since April 2016 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was July 25, 2025. 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.

Jun 2025 Monitoring visit 13 findings

Monitoring visit · June 25, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(a) through (g) · Violation corrected

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4) · 406.14(c)(5)

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1) · Violation corrected

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 531474 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2024 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · May 17, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g) through (23) · Violation corrected

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · 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 531474 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · October 4, 2022

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) through (e) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) · 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(e)

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

Nutrition and Meals

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(a) · Violation substantiated

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(h)(4) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 531474 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 6, 2018

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) through (24) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(a)(24)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 531474 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2016 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · April 26, 2016

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5) through (23) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5) · 406.8(a)(23)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) · 406.12(i)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 531474 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

7737018376

Address
12258 S Yale Ave
License
license issued (il)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "ALLEN, RUTH" under Provider Name and 60628 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 531474).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "ALLEN, RUTH" under Provider Name and 60628 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 531474).

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.