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Chicago · Licensed family home

Pickens, Kimberly M

At a glance

  • Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 children.

What to know

License: 6 weeks to 12 years (state).

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 April 2021.

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Licensing inspections

  • May 21, 20255 citations
    • Child Care Assistants

      • Child Care Assistants

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(g)

    • Caregivers

      • Caregivers

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(b)

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(e)

    • Nutrition and Meals

      • Nutrition and Meals

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.80(c)

    • Records and Reports

      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120

  • Apr 13, 20234 citations
    • Caregivers

      • Caregivers

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(i)(4)

    • Caregivers

      • Caregivers

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(i)(6)

    • Guidance and Discipline

      • Guidance and Discipline

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75(b)(1)

    • Records and Reports

      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(r)

  • Apr 20, 20212 citations
    • Provisions Pertaining to the License

      • Provisions Pertaining to the License

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k)

    • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

      • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

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
May 21, 2025
On file
3 visits since April 2021 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was June 20, 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.

May 2025 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · May 21, 2025

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(b) · Violation substantiated

Child Care Assistants

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(e) · Violation substantiated

Nutrition and Meals

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.80(c) · Violation substantiated

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120 · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 539469 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 13, 2023

Caregivers

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(i)(4) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(i)(4) · 408.45(i)(6)

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75(b)(1) · Violation substantiated

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 539469 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 20, 2021

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 539469 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone
(773) 471-6035
Address
7719 S Albany Ave, Chicago, 60652

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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 "PICKENS, KIMBERLY M" under Provider Name and 60652 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 539469).
  • 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 "PICKENS, KIMBERLY M" under Provider Name and 60652 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 539469).

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.

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