Maywood · Licensed family home

Watkins, Hertestyn

Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 7 of its licensing inspections since April 2019.

Of the 225 Chicago-area family homes with 7 licensing inspections, 43% had rules cited at all 7, as this home did.

Licensing inspections

Mar 6, 20253 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)
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)(19)(g)

Apr 30, 202410 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(k)(2)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(k)(1)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)

6 more from this inspection

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)
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)(11)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(i)(1)
Nutrition and Meals
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(a)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

Apr 20, 202310 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)(a)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(1)

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(j)(2)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2)
Confidentiality of Records and Information
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.25(b)

Mar 21, 20231 citation

Cooperation with the Department
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)

Apr 22, 20226 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)(1)
Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)

2 more from this inspection

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Jul 28, 20208 citations

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a)

4 more from this inspection

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2)

Apr 8, 20194 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)
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(t)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: March 6, 2025
On file: 7 visits since April 2019 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was March 24, 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.

Mar 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 6, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) through (h) · Violation substantiated

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 194465 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · April 30, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) through (i)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(f) · 406.8(h) · 406.8(i)(1)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) through (k)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) · 406.12(k)(1) · 406.12(k)(2)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Nutrition and Meals

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 194465 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · April 20, 2023

Records and Reports

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b) through (e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b) · 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(d)(2) · 406.24(e)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) through (1)(a) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) · 406.12(h)(1)(a)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (j)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(j)(2)

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(1) · Violation corrected

Confidentiality of Records and Information

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.25(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 194465 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 21, 2023

Cooperation with the Department

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 194465 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2022 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · April 22, 2022

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) through (f)(1) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(f)(1)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e) through (f) · Violation substantiated

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

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e) · Violation substantiated

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 194465 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2020 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · July 28, 2020

Records and Reports

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) through (d)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) · 406.24(c) · 406.24(d) · 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(d)(2) · 406.24(d)(3)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 194465 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 8, 2019

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) through (29) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(a)(29)

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 194465 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

7089385124

Address: 1236 South 16th Avenue
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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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 "WATKINS, HERTESTYN" under Provider Name and 60153 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 194465).

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.