Algonquin · Licensed family home

Devita, Melinda M

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since December 2023.

Of the 408 Chicago-area family homes with 4 licensing inspections, 43% had rules cited at all 4, as this home did. 6% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Apr 22, 20267 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • 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)(19)(h)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)

3 more from this inspection

  • 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(n)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

Nov 20, 20251 citation

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

Nov 12, 20245 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

1 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

Dec 4, 20232 citations

  • 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)(19)(h)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
April 22, 2026
On file
4 visits since December 2023 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was May 22, 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 7 findings

Monitoring visit · April 22, 2026

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g) through (23) · Rule cited again · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) through (1) · Rule cited again

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 624010 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 20, 2025

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 624010 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · November 12, 2024

Records and Reports

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

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

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 624010 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

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 624010 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

8473374383

Address
1542 Arquilla Dr
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "DEVITA, MELINDA M" under Provider Name and 60102 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 624010).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "DEVITA, MELINDA M" under Provider Name and 60102 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 624010).

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.