Chicago · Licensed family home
Rodriguez, Ruby
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 2 of its 5 licensing inspections since July 2019.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Apr 3, 20252 citations
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
- Apr 17, 2023Nothing cited
- Feb 27, 2023Nothing cited
- Sep 23, 2020Nothing cited
Jul 2, 20192 citations
Substitutes
Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(a)
School Age Children
School Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)
The state cited rules at 2 of this home's 5 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 5 times had more: 81% of 357 had rules cited at 3 or more.
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%This home
- 3 of 517%
- 4 of 521%
- All 543%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- April 3, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since July 2019 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 25, 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.
Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · April 3, 2025
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(2) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 539074 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · July 2, 2019
Substitutes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(a) · Violation corrected
School Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 539074 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 226-3143
- Address
- 5547 S Sawyer Ave Bsmt, Chicago, 60629
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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 "RODRIGUEZ, RUBY" under Provider Name and 60629 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 539074).
- 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 "RODRIGUEZ, RUBY" under Provider Name and 60629 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 539074).
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.