Chicago · Licensed family home

Taylor, Cynthia

What these mean, and where they come from

Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.

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: 3 of 3 cited something

Chicago-area family homes: the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits. Three visits are too few to read as a pattern.

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
July 8, 2025
On file
3 visits since June 2018 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was August 8, 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.

Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 8, 2025

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(k) through (q) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(k) · 408.30(q)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 265059 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · August 19, 2019

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 265059 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · June 29, 2018

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(10) through (q)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(10) · 408.30(o)(1) · 408.30(q)(4) · 408.30(q)(5)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 265059 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (16,457 visits).

Details

7736195545

Address
2148 W Montrose Ave
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked July 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 "TAYLOR, CYNTHIA" under Provider Name and 60618 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 265059).