Chicago · Licensed family home

Winston, Melvina P

What the state has found

The state cited rules at both of its licensing inspections since July 2024.

Of the 394 Chicago-area family homes with 2 licensing inspections, 61% had rules cited at both, as this home did. 18% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Jul 10, 20253 citations

  • 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)(20)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Jul 2, 20241 citation

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
July 10, 2025
On file
2 visits since July 2024 — both cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was August 9, 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.

Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 10, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g) through (20) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g) · 406.8(a)(19)(h) · 406.8(a)(20)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 619835 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 2, 2024

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 619835 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

3312514837

Address
5326 S Austin Ave
License
license issued (il)

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State record

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

Details

  • Phone, Address — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "WINSTON, MELVINA P" under Provider Name and 60638 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 619835).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "WINSTON, MELVINA P" under Provider Name and 60638 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 619835).

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.