Homewood · Licensed family home

Chamberlain, Melvina

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 6 of its licensing inspections since January 2019.

Of the 327 Chicago-area family homes with 6 licensing inspections, 43% had rules cited at all 6, as this home did.

Licensing inspections

Apr 14, 20263 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(2)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)(2)

May 7, 202410 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(i)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(1)

6 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(f)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(c)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(5)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)(b)

May 31, 20231 citation

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(d)

May 4, 20221 citation

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26

Aug 18, 20201 citation

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

Jan 4, 20194 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(22)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
April 14, 2026
On file
6 visits since January 2019 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was May 14, 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.

Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · April 14, 2026

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29) through (h)(2) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29) · 406.8(h)(2)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(2) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 466164 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2024 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · May 7, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

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

Guidance and Discipline

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(1) through (c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(1) · 406.15(c)

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(f) · Violation corrected

Application for Renewal of License

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(5) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(2) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 466164 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 31, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(d) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 466164 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 4, 2022

Cooperation with the Department

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26 · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 466164 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 18, 2020

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 466164 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 4, 2019

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) through (29) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(a)(22) · 406.8(a)(29)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 466164 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

7089552087

Address
929 Bowling Green Dr
License
license issued (il)

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All checked August 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 "CHAMBERLAIN, MELVINA" under Provider Name and 60430 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 466164).