Chicago · Licensed family home

Melendez, Griselda

Small family home, licensed for up to 7 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since August 2021.

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

Jun 13, 20252 citations

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)

May 10, 20233 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(d)

May 5, 202211 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)
Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(a)
Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(c)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a)

7 more from this inspection

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(ai)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(b)
Children Under 30 Months of Age
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(b)(4)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(k)(5)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)

Dec 1, 202111 citations

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1)

7 more from this inspection

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(ai)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(4)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(5)

Aug 23, 20217 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(j)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)

3 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)(1)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: June 13, 2025
On file: 5 visits since August 2021 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was June 30, 2025. 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 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 13, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) · Violation substantiated

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 600211 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · May 10, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(d) · Violation substantiated

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 600211 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2022 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · May 5, 2022

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) · 406.12(b)(3) · 406.12(b)(3)(a) · 406.12(b)(3)(ai) · 406.12(b)(3)(b)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) through (k)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(k)(5)

Substitutes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(a) through (c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(a) · 406.11(c)

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(b)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 600211 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2021 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · December 1, 2021

Records and Reports

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(d)(2) · 406.24(d)(3) · 406.24(d)(4) · 406.24(d)(5) · 406.24(f)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (23) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(23)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 600211 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2021 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · August 23, 2021

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

7 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(f)(1) · 406.8(h) · 406.8(j)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 600211 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

3128010422

Address: 5310 S Avers Ave
License: license issued (il)

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State record

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

Details

Phone — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "MELENDEZ, GRISELDA" under Provider Name and 60632 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 600211).
Address, License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "MELENDEZ, GRISELDA" under Provider Name and 60632 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 600211).

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.