Chicago · Licensed family home
Collins, Cynthia M
At a glance
- Small family home, licensed for up to 4 children.
Program news
Illinois’s child care licensing agency (DCFS) lists this program’s license status as “Refuse to Renew.” The record does not say whether that decision is final or under appeal. DCFS still lists the program. Ask DCFS or the program whether it may care for children today.
Illinois DCFS provider lookup. Shortlist last read it on November 8, 2026, and has read this status there since July 30, 2026.
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 its 1 licensing inspection, in October 2011.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Oct 26, 20112 citations
Application for Renewal of License — Referred for Enforcement: Revocation, Refuse to Renew License
Application for Renewal of License — Referred for Enforcement: Revocation, Refuse to Renew License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(h)
Cooperation with the Department — Referred for Enforcement: Revocation, Refuse to Renew License
Cooperation with the Department — Referred for Enforcement: Revocation, Refuse to Renew License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26
The state cited rules at this home's 1 inspection. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected once had the same: 73% of 304.
How all 304 Chicago-area family homes inspected once compare
Of the 304 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected once, whether that inspection cited a rule:
- No27%
- Yes73%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- October 26, 2011
- On file
- 1 visit, October 2011 — it cited findings
- 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.
Oct 2011 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · October 26, 2011
Application for Renewal of License — Referred for Enforcement: Revocation, Refuse to Renew License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(h) · Violation substantiated
Cooperation with the Department — Referred for Enforcement: Revocation, Refuse to Renew License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26 · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 345134 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 395-9308
- Address
- 1658 N Bell Ave, Chicago, 60647
- License
- Refuse to renew
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
Sources and dates
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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 "COLLINS, CYNTHIA M" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 345134).
- 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 "COLLINS, CYNTHIA M" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 345134).
Small means licensed for 2 to 7 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Mid-size is 8; 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.