Chicago · Licensed family home

Collins, Tina

Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
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What these mean, and where they come from

Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 10 of 11 cited something

Chicago-area family homes: the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits.

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: September 23, 2025
On file: 11 visits since May 2011 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was October 23, 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.

Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · September 23, 2025

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13) through (k) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13) · 408.30(k)

Child Care Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · Violation substantiated

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 480364 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 10, 2024

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 Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(t) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k) · Violation corrected

Program

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(c)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 480364 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 21, 2022

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(2) through (20) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(2) · 408.30(a)(20)

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 480364 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2020 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · August 19, 2020

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(4)(a) through (e)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(4)(a) · 408.30(a)(17) · 408.30(b)(9) · 408.30(e)(5)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 480364 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2018 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · July 30, 2018

Health, Medical Care and Safety

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 480364 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2016 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · September 13, 2016

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected

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) · 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 480364 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2015 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Aug 2014 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · August 6, 2014

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)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · 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)(1) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 480364 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2013 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · January 9, 2013

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)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 480364 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2011 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · August 16, 2011

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(o) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 480364 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2011 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · May 20, 2011

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(5) through (n)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(5) · 408.30(n)(5)

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(g) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 480364 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (16,457 visits).

Details

7732097861

Address: 6949 S Talman Ave
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked July 2026.

State record

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Details

Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "COLLINS, TINA" under Provider Name and 60629 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 480364).