Chicago · Licensed family home
Towns, Thelma J
At a glance
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 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 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since July 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Apr 2, 20261 citation
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
- Jun 24, 2025Nothing cited
May 5, 20231 citation
School Age Children
School Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(b)(5)
Jul 1, 20222 citations
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)
The state cited rules at 3 of this home's 4 inspections. Chicago-area family homes inspected 4 times split three ways: 37% had fewer, 21% the same, and 42% more (406 family homes).
How all 406 Chicago-area family homes inspected 4 times compare
Of the 406 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None6%
- 1 of 413%
- 2 of 418%
- 3 of 421%This home
- All 442%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- April 2, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since July 2022 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 2, 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.
Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 2, 2026
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599478 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 5, 2023
School Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(b)(5) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599478 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · July 1, 2022
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599478 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 648-3103
- Address
- 6719 S May St, Chicago, 60621
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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 "TOWNS, THELMA J" under Provider Name and 60621 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 599478).
- 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 "TOWNS, THELMA J" under Provider Name and 60621 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 599478).
Mid-size means licensed for 8 children, the size at least half of Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes hold. Small is 2 to 7; 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.