Winthrop Hbr · Licensed family home

Ayala, Carmen

At a glance

Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.

What to know

License: birth to 12 years (state).

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 4 of its 5 licensing inspections since March 2012.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

Jan 18, 2023Nothing cited
Jan 11, 20231 citation
- Cooperation with the Department
  Cooperation with the Department
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)
May 21, 20185 citations
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)
- Qualifications for Assistants
  Qualifications for Assistants
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12
- Guidance and Discipline
  Guidance and Discipline
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15
- Records and Reports
  Records and Reports
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24
Dec 14, 20122 citations
- Application for License
  Application for License
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(f)
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(k)
Mar 23, 20127 citations
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1)
- Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
  Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)
- Records and Reports
  Records and Reports
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a)

The state cited rules at 4 of this home's 5 inspections. Chicago-area family homes inspected 5 times split three ways: 36% had fewer, 21% the same, and 43% more (357 family homes).

How all 357 Chicago-area family homes inspected 5 times compare

Of the 357 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

None1%
1 of 56%
2 of 512%
3 of 517%
4 of 521%This home
All 543%

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: January 18, 2023
On file: 5 visits since March 2012 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was February 11, 2023. 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.

Jan 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 11, 2023

Cooperation with the Department

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 488741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2018 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · May 21, 2018

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29) · Violation substantiated

Qualifications for Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10 · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12 · Violation substantiated

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15 · Violation substantiated

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24 · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 488741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2012 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · December 14, 2012

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(f) · Violation substantiated

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 488741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2012 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · March 23, 2012

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(4)(a)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 488741 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone: (224) 220-6425
Address: 309 Old Darby Ln, Winthrop Hbr, 60096

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.

Details

Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "AYALA, CARMEN" under Provider Name and 60096 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 488741).
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 "AYALA, CARMEN" under Provider Name and 60096 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 488741).

Mid-size means licensed for 8 children, the size at least half of Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes hold. Small is 2 to 7; larger is 9 to 12.

The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.