Chicago · Licensed family home
Melendez, Griselda
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 August 2021.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jun 13, 20252 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
May 10, 20233 citations
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(d)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)
May 5, 202211 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(k)(5)
Substitutes
Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(a)
Substitutes
Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(c)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(ai)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(b)
Children Under 30 Months of Age
Children Under 30 Months of Age
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(b)(4)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
Dec 1, 202111 citations
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(ai)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(4)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(5)
Aug 23, 20217 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(j)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)(1)
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
- June 13, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since August 2021 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 30, 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.
Jun 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 13, 2025
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) · Violation substantiated
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 600211 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · May 10, 2023
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g) · Violation substantiated
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(d) · Violation substantiated
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 600211 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2022 Monitoring visit 11 findings
Monitoring visit · May 5, 2022
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) through (3)(b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) · 406.12(b)(3) · 406.12(b)(3)(a) · 406.12(b)(3)(ai) · 406.12(b)(3)(b)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) through (k)(5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(k)(5)
Substitutes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(a) through (c) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(a) · 406.11(c)
Children Under 30 Months of Age
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(b)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 600211 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2021 Monitoring visit 11 findings
Monitoring visit · December 1, 2021
Records and Reports
6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(d)(2) · 406.24(d)(3) · 406.24(d)(4) · 406.24(d)(5) · 406.24(f)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (23) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(23)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) through (2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · 406.14(c)(2)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(ai) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 600211 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2021 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · August 23, 2021
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
7 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17) through (j) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(f)(1) · 406.8(h) · 406.8(j)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 600211 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (312) 801-0422
- Address
- 5310 S Avers Ave, Chicago, 60632
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Sources and dates
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "MELENDEZ, GRISELDA" under Provider Name and 60632 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 600211).
- Address, License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "MELENDEZ, GRISELDA" under Provider Name and 60632 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 600211).
- 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 "MELENDEZ, GRISELDA" under Provider Name and 60632 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 600211).
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.