Chicago · Licensed family home
Williams, Ruby L
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 4 of its 7 licensing inspections since March 2014.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Mar 19, 2026Nothing cited
Jan 24, 20251 citation
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
- Feb 28, 2022Nothing cited
Feb 13, 20201 citation
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
- Dec 13, 2018Nothing cited
Feb 2, 20173 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)
Mar 6, 20143 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
The state cited rules at 4 of this home's 7 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 7 times had more: 83% of 229 had rules cited at 5 or more.
How all 229 Chicago-area family homes inspected 7 times compare
Of the 229 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 7 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 7under 1%
- 2 of 71%
- 3 of 73%
- 4 of 714%This home
- 5 of 715%
- 6 of 725%
- All 743%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- March 19, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since March 2014 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was February 24, 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.
Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 24, 2025
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 442582 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 13, 2020
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 442582 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2017 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · February 2, 2017
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) through (g) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(29) · 406.8(g)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 442582 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2014 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · March 6, 2014
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) through (23) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) · 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(a)(23)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 442582 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 921-5042
- Address
- 5419 W Cortez St, Chicago, 60651
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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 "WILLIAMS, RUBY L" under Provider Name and 60651 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 442582).
- 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 "WILLIAMS, RUBY L" under Provider Name and 60651 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 442582).
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.