Chicago · Licensed family home

Griffin, Tawnya M

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 6 of its licensing inspections since December 2012.

Of the 325 Chicago-area family homes with 6 licensing inspections, 43% had rules cited at all 6, as this home did.

Licensing inspections

Jun 22, 201810 citations

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5)

6 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

  • School Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(4)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

Jan 26, 20163 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(i)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(32)

Jul 1, 20153 citations

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(32)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)(4)

Oct 6, 20142 citations

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(b)

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)

Sep 4, 20143 citations

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(b)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(k)

Dec 19, 20126 citations

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(8)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(ai)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

2 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(7)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
June 22, 2018
On file
6 visits since December 2012 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was August 6, 2018. 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.

Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · June 22, 2018

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)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5) through (23) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5) · 406.8(a)(23)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · 406.14(j)(4)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

School Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 298112 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2016 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · January 26, 2016

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) through (32) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(a)(32)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 298112 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2015 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 1, 2015

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(32) through (h)(4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(32) · 406.8(h)(4)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 298112 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2014 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · October 6, 2014

Cooperation with the Department

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · 406.26(b)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 298112 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2014 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 4, 2014

Cooperation with the Department

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · 406.26(b)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 298112 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2012 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · December 19, 2012

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(7) through (h)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(7) · 406.8(a)(8) · 406.8(h)(1)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 298112 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

7738583313

Address
637 N Sawyer Ave
License
license issued (il)

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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 "GRIFFIN, TAWNYA M" under Provider Name and 60624 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 298112).

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.