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Valdes, Cindy

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 5 licensing inspections since July 2022.

Of the 354 Chicago-area family homes with 5 licensing inspections, 22% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this home did. 43% had rules cited at all 5, 1% at none.

Licensing inspections

Jul 14, 20263 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(m)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)(e)

Jul 22, 20251 citation

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Sep 17, 20245 citations

  • 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)(22)(e)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2)

1 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

Jul 24, 20231 citation

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

Jul 1, 2022No rules cited
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
July 14, 2026
On file
5 visits since July 2022 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was August 14, 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.

Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 14, 2026

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)(e) · Violation corrected

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(m) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 585540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 22, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 585540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 17, 2024

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) through (i) · Violation corrected · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) · 406.12(i)

Records and Reports

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(f)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(22)(e) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 585540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 24, 2023

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 585540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

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

2242804604

Address
3311 Gabriel Ave
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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Sources and dates

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All checked August 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 "VALDES, CINDY" under Provider Name and 60099 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 585540).

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.