Zion · Licensed family home
Valdes, Cindy
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 5 of its 6 licensing inspections since July 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Oct 9, 20261 citation
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3)
Jul 14, 20263 citations
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(m)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)
Application for License
Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)(e)
Jul 22, 20251 citation
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
Sep 17, 20245 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(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)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(22)(e)
Jul 24, 20231 citation
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)
- Jul 1, 2022Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 5 of this home's 6 inspections. Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times split three ways: 31% had fewer, 25% the same, and 44% more (328 family homes).
How all 328 Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times compare
Of the 328 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 61%
- 2 of 64%
- 3 of 69%
- 4 of 616%
- 5 of 625%This home
- All 644%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- October 9, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since July 2022 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was August 14, 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.
Oct 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 9, 2026
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 585540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · July 14, 2026
Application for License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)(e) · Violation corrected
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · Violation substantiated
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(m) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 585540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 22, 2025
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 585540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · September 17, 2024
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) through (i) · Rule cited again · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) · 406.12(i)
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(f)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(22)(e) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 585540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 24, 2023
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 585540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (224) 280-4604
- Address
- 3311 Gabriel Ave, Zion, 60099
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "VALDES, CINDY" under Provider Name and 60099 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 585540).
- 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 "VALDES, CINDY" under Provider Name and 60099 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 585540).
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.