Riverdale · Licensed family home

Lee, Carolyn

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since March 2019.

Of the 423 Chicago-area family homes with 3 licensing inspections, 50% had rules cited at all 3, as this home did. 13% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Dec 17, 20256 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)

  • 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)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(6)

2 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(d)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j)

Nov 1, 20235 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)

1 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)

Mar 8, 20191 citation

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(o)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
December 17, 2025
On file
3 visits since March 2019 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was January 16, 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 6 findings

Monitoring visit · December 17, 2025

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(6) through (d) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(6) · 408.30(d)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 564810 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · November 1, 2023

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (2) · Violation substantiated

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

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(4) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · Violation substantiated

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 564810 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 8, 2019

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(o) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 564810 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

7086922074

Address
728 W 138th St
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 "LEE, CAROLYN" under Provider Name and 60827 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 564810).

Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.