Chicago · Licensed family home
Collins, Valerie N
At a glance
- Small family home, licensed for up to 7 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 5 of its licensing inspections since March 2024.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Oct 20, 202618 citations
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35
Background Checks
Background Checks
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60
Number and Ages of Children Served
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75
Nutrition and Meals
Nutrition and Meals
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.80
Program
Program
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85
Children with Special Needs
Children with Special Needs
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.100
Children Under 30 Months of Age
Children Under 30 Months of Age
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105
School Age Children
School Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110
Night Care
Night Care
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.115
Confidentiality of Records and Information
Confidentiality of Records and Information
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.125
Cooperation with the Department
Cooperation with the Department
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130
Severability of This Part
Severability of This Part
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.135
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(e)(4)
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)
Dec 11, 20252 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(j)(1)
Feb 27, 202510 citations
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k)
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)(4)(a)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(i)
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)
Transportation of Children
Transportation of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.90(d)(1)
Transportation of Children
Transportation of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.90(d)(2)
Cooperation with the Department
Cooperation with the Department
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a)
Cooperation with the Department
Cooperation with the Department
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(b)
Jun 6, 202412 citations
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 Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(a)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(g)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i)
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)(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)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(i)
Application for Renewal of License
Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(e)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Mar 26, 20242 citations
Cooperation with the Department
Cooperation with the Department
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a)
Cooperation with the Department
Cooperation with the Department
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(b)
The state cited rules at all 5 of this home's inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 5 times had fewer: 57% of 357.
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%
- All 543%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- October 20, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since March 2024 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was November 19, 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.
Oct 2026 Monitoring visit 18 findings
Monitoring visit · October 20, 2026
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20 · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(e)(4) · Violation substantiated
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35 · Violation corrected
Background Checks
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40 · Violation corrected
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60 · Violation corrected
Number and Ages of Children Served
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65 · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70 · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75 · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meals
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.80 · Violation corrected
Program
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85 · Violation corrected
Children with Special Needs
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.100 · Violation corrected
Children Under 30 Months of Age
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105 · Violation corrected
School Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110 · Violation corrected
Night Care
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.115 · Violation corrected
Confidentiality of Records and Information
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.125 · Violation corrected
Cooperation with the Department
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130 · Violation corrected
Severability of This Part
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.135 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 584545 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · December 11, 2025
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(j)(1) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 584545 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 10 findings
Monitoring visit · February 27, 2025
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) through (i) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) · 408.30(a)(4)(a) · 408.30(i)
Transportation of Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.90(d)(1) through (2) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.90(d)(1) · 408.90(d)(2)
Cooperation with the Department
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a) through (b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a) · 408.130(b)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected
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) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 584545 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2024 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · June 6, 2024
Health, Medical Care and Safety
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(a) through (i) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(a) · 408.35(g) · 408.35(i)
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (i) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(i)
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(e) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(16) · 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 584545 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 26, 2024
Cooperation with the Department
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a) through (b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a) · 408.130(b)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 584545 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 934-9047
- Address
- 8434 S Carpenter St, Chicago, 60620
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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, VALERIE N" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 584545).
- 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, VALERIE N" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 584545).
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.