Chicago · Licensed family home
Watkins, Lisa
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 May 2016.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jan 22, 2026Nothing cited
Oct 2, 20244 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1)
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(n)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(5)
May 24, 20191 citation
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)
May 24, 20161 citation
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
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
- January 22, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since May 2016 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 18, 2024. 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 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · October 2, 2024
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i) through (n) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i) · 406.12(n)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · Violation corrected
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(5) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 440870 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 24, 2019
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 440870 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2016 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 24, 2016
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 440870 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (708) 612-0141
- Address
- 12456 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, 60628
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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 "WATKINS, LISA" under Provider Name and 60628 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 440870).
- 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 "WATKINS, LISA" under Provider Name and 60628 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 440870).
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.