Elgin · Licensed family home

Alvarez, Alma P

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since February 2025.

Of the 423 Chicago-area family homes with 3 licensing inspections, 50% had rules cited at all 3, as this home did. 13% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Feb 11, 20265 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(i)(1)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

1 more from this inspection

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

May 13, 20253 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)

Feb 27, 20259 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

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

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)

5 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(e)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
February 11, 2026
On file
3 visits since February 2025 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 11, 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.

Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · February 11, 2026

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (t) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(i)(1) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 634831 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · May 13, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23) · Rule cited again

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) · Rule cited again

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 634831 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · February 27, 2025

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(d) · 406.24(e)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) through (23) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(23)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(e) · Violation corrected on site

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(i) · Violation corrected

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(b)(4) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 634831 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

2246290523

Address
2248 Valley Creek 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 "ALVAREZ, ALMA P" under Provider Name and 60123 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 634831).

Small means licensed for 2 to 7 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Mid-size is 8; larger is 9 to 12.