Chicago · Licensed family home
Chinchilla, Sindy J
At a glance
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 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 4 of its 7 licensing inspections since March 2020.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jan 27, 20262 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)
Feb 11, 20253 citations
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(4)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
- Jan 16, 2024Nothing cited
- Jan 27, 2023Nothing cited
Jun 6, 20222 citations
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)
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 1, 20211 citation
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)
- Mar 9, 2020Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 4 of this home's 7 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 7 times had more: 83% of 229 had rules cited at 5 or more.
How all 229 Chicago-area family homes inspected 7 times compare
Of the 229 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 7under 1%
- 2 of 71%
- 3 of 73%
- 4 of 714%This home
- 5 of 715%
- 6 of 725%
- All 743%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- January 27, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since March 2020 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was February 3, 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.
Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · January 27, 2026
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 571263 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · February 11, 2025
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(4) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 571263 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 6, 2022
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 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 571263 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 1, 2021
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 571263 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 424-5248
- Address
- 6116 S California 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 "CHINCHILLA, SINDY J" under Provider Name and 60629 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 571263).
- 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 "CHINCHILLA, SINDY J" under Provider Name and 60629 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 571263).
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.