Algonquin · Licensed family home
Devita, Melinda M
A family home in Algonquin, licensed for up to 8 children. The state cited something at 4 of 4 routine visits (Chicago-area family homes: about 4 in 5). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Mid-size home. Mid-size means licensed for 8 children, the size at least half of Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes hold. Small is 2 to 7; larger is 9 to 12.
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: 4 of 4 cited something
Across Chicago-area family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (16,457 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
- April 22, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since December 2023 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 22, 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.
Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · April 22, 2026
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g) through (23) · Rule cited again · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g) · 406.8(a)(19)(h) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(23)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) through (1) · Rule cited again
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · 406.14(c)(1)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 624010 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · November 20, 2025
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 624010 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · November 12, 2024
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (e) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g) · Violation corrected
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · 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 624010 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · December 4, 2023
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g) through (h) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g) · 406.8(a)(19)(h)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 624010 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 8473374383
- Address
- 1542 Arquilla Dr
- License
- license issued (il)
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Sources and dates
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All checked August 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 "DEVITA, MELINDA M" under Provider Name and 60102 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 624010).