Chicago · Licensed family home

Almaraz, Myra

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 10 of its licensing inspections since February 2012.

Of the 365 Chicago-area family homes with 10 or more licensing inspections, 44% had rules cited at all of them, as this home did.

Licensing inspections

Dec 17, 20246 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(o)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)

2 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b)

  • Caregivers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)(2)

Dec 4, 20232 citations

  • Caregivers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)

Jan 19, 20222 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(10)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(9)

Jan 11, 20217 citations

  • Caregivers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)

  • School Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)

3 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)

Dec 11, 201911 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(z)

7 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(k)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2)

  • Records and Reports

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

  • 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(b)(11)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(16)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(1)

Feb 7, 201911 citations

  • Records and Reports

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

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(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)(16)

7 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(c)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(f)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)

  • Caregivers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)

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

Feb 2, 20161 citation

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k)

Mar 27, 20152 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(q)(4)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(q)(5)

Jan 7, 20146 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)(1)

  • 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)(4)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(q)(4)

2 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(5)

  • Child Care Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h)

Feb 3, 201210 citations

  • 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)(5)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i)

  • Caregivers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)

6 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)

  • 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)(2)

  • Child Care Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a)

  • Child Care Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
December 17, 2024
On file
10 visits since February 2012 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was January 31, 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.

Dec 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · December 17, 2024

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) through (k) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · 408.60(k)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b) through (o) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b) · 408.120(o)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · Violation corrected

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · December 4, 2023

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 19, 2022

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(9) through (10) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(9) · 408.30(b)(10)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2021 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · January 11, 2021

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

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

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j) · Violation corrected

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

School Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2019 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · December 11, 2019

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) · 408.30(a)(16) · 408.30(b)(1) · 408.30(b)(11) · 408.30(k) · 408.30(z)

Records and Reports

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2) · 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(c)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2019 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · February 7, 2019

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) through (f) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) · 408.30(a)(16) · 408.30(a)(20) · 408.30(c) · 408.30(f)

Records and Reports

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

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

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(2) · Violation corrected

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2016 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 2, 2016

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 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2015 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 27, 2015

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(q)(4) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(q)(4) · 408.30(q)(5)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2014 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · January 7, 2014

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(5) through (q)(4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(5) · 408.30(q)(4)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

Child Care Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2012 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · February 3, 2012

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

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

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) · 408.30(a)(5)

Child Care Assistants

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a) · 408.50(h)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i) · Violation corrected

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

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7733689901

Address
6401 S Knox Ave
License
license issued (il)

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All checked July 2026.

State record

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

Details

  • Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "ALMARAZ, MYRA" under Provider Name and 60629 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 501475).

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.