Chicago · Licensed family home
Almaraz, Myra
At a glance
- Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 10 of its licensing inspections since February 2012.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Dec 17, 20246 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)(2)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(o)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b)
Dec 4, 20232 citations
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)
Jan 19, 20222 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(9)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(10)
Jan 11, 20217 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j)
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)
School Age Children
School Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)
Dec 11, 201911 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(11)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(16)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(z)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(k)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(1)
Feb 7, 201911 citations
Application for License
Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(2)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(16)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(c)
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(f)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Feb 2, 20161 citation
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k)
Mar 27, 20152 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(q)(4)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(q)(5)
Jan 7, 20146 citations
Child Care Assistants
Child Care Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(q)(4)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(5)
Feb 3, 201210 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(5)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i)
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)
Child Care Assistants
Child Care Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a)
Child Care Assistants
Child Care Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2)
The state cited rules at all 10 of this home's inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 10 or more times had fewer: 56% of 375.
How all 375 Chicago-area family homes inspected 10 or more times compare
Of the 375 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 10 or more times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- Some56%
- All44%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- December 17, 2024
- On file
- 10 visits since February 2012 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 31, 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.
Dec 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · December 17, 2024
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) through (k) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · 408.60(k)
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b) through (o) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b) · 408.120(o)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · Violation corrected
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · December 4, 2023
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · January 19, 2022
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(9) through (10) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(9) · 408.30(b)(10)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2021 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · January 11, 2021
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j) · Violation corrected
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · Violation corrected
School Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2019 Monitoring visit 11 findings
Monitoring visit · December 11, 2019
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) through (z) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) · 408.30(a)(16) · 408.30(b)(1) · 408.30(b)(11) · 408.30(k) · 408.30(z)
Records and Reports
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2) through (c) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2) · 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(c)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2019 Monitoring visit 11 findings
Monitoring visit · February 7, 2019
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) through (f) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) · 408.30(a)(16) · 408.30(a)(20) · 408.30(c) · 408.30(f)
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) through (c) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(c)
Application for License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(2) · Violation corrected
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2016 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 2, 2016
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2015 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 27, 2015
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(q)(4) through (5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(q)(4) · 408.30(q)(5)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2014 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · January 7, 2014
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(5) through (q)(4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(5) · 408.30(q)(4)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(4)
Child Care Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2012 Monitoring visit 10 findings
Monitoring visit · February 3, 2012
Health, Medical Care and Safety
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) through (5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) · 408.30(a)(5)
Child Care Assistants
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a) through (h) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a) · 408.50(h)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i) · Violation corrected
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 501475 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 368-9901
- Address
- 6401 S Knox Ave, Chicago, 60629
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "ALMARAZ, MYRA" under Provider Name and 60629 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 501475).
- Ages on the license — Checked November 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "ALMARAZ, MYRA" under Provider Name and 60629 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 501475).
Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.