Riverdale · Licensed family home
Lee, Carolyn
At a glance
- Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 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 3 of its licensing inspections since March 2019.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Dec 17, 20256 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(6)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(d)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j)
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)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)
Nov 1, 20235 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)
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)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(4)
Mar 8, 20191 citation
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(o)
The state cited rules at all 3 of this home's inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 3 times had the same: 51% of 423.
How all 423 Chicago-area family homes inspected 3 times compare
Of the 423 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None12%
- 1 of 317%
- 2 of 320%
- All 351%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- December 17, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since March 2019 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 16, 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.
Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · December 17, 2025
Health, Medical Care and Safety
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (4) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(6) through (d) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(6) · 408.30(d)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 564810 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · November 1, 2023
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (2) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(4) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · Violation substantiated
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 564810 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 8, 2019
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(o) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 564810 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (708) 692-2074
- Address
- 728 W 138th St, Riverdale, 60827
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LEE, CAROLYN" under Provider Name and 60827 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 564810).
- 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 "LEE, CAROLYN" under Provider Name and 60827 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 564810).
Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.