Chicago · Licensed family home

Collins-Owens, Paula

Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since April 2010.

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

Mar 3, 20269 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Activity Requirements
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)

5 more from this inspection

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(a)(4)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5)
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(f)(1)

Sep 14, 20237 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)(11)
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(j)(1)

3 more from this inspection

Cooperation with the Department
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)
Activity Requirements
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(j)(2)

Jun 6, 20222 citations

Children Under 30 Months of Age
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(h)

Mar 8, 202117 citations

Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)

13 more from this inspection

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)(19)(h)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
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)(20)

Apr 6, 201013 citations

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(16)

9 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(25)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(s)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(o)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
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)(1)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(3)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: March 3, 2026
On file: 5 visits since April 2010 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was April 3, 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.

Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · March 3, 2026

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (f)(1) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(5) · 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(a)(29) · 406.8(f)(1)

Application for Renewal of License

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Activity Requirements

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 429722 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · September 14, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) through (j)(2) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(j)(1) · 406.8(j)(2)

Activity Requirements

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b) · Violation substantiated

Cooperation with the Department

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 429722 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 6, 2022

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(h) · Violation substantiated

Children Under 30 Months of Age

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 429722 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 17 findings

Monitoring visit · March 8, 2021

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) through (e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(a)(19)(g) · 406.8(a)(19)(h) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(e)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) through (4) · Violation corrected

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

Records and Reports

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

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · 406.12(h)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 429722 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2010 Monitoring visit 13 findings

Monitoring visit · April 6, 2010

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (e) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(a)(16) · 406.8(a)(25) · 406.8(e)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) through (s) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · 406.9(n) · 406.9(o) · 406.9(s)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

Records and Reports

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 429722 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

7734761321

Address: 6734 S Hermitage Ave
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked July 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 "COLLINS-OWENS, PAULA" under Provider Name and 60636 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 429722).

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.