Chicago · Licensed family home

Collins, Valerie N

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since March 2024.

Of the 410 Chicago-area family homes with 4 licensing inspections, 42% had rules cited at all 4, as this home did. 6% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Dec 11, 20252 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

Feb 27, 202510 citations

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a)

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(b)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3)

6 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(i)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)

  • Caregivers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)

  • Transportation of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.90(d)(1)

  • Transportation of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.90(d)(2)

Jun 6, 202412 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(a)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(g)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i)

8 more from this inspection

  • 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)(3)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(i)

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(e)

  • 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)(4)

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

Mar 26, 20242 citations

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a)

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(b)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
December 11, 2025
On file
4 visits since March 2024 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 12, 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.

Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · December 11, 2025

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(j)(1) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 584545 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · February 27, 2025

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) · 408.30(a)(4)(a) · 408.30(i)

Transportation of Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.90(d)(1) through (2) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.90(d)(1) · 408.90(d)(2)

Cooperation with the Department

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a) · 408.130(b)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected

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) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 584545 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2024 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · June 6, 2024

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(a) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(a) · 408.35(g) · 408.35(i)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(i)

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(e) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(16) · 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 584545 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 26, 2024

Cooperation with the Department

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a) · 408.130(b)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 584545 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

7739349047

Address
8434 S Carpenter St
License
license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

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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, VALERIE N" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 584545).

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.