Chicago · Licensed family home
Winston, Melvina P
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 both of its licensing inspections since July 2024.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jul 10, 20253 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(h)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)
Jul 2, 20241 citation
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
The state cited rules at both of this home's 2 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected twice had the same: 61% of 389.
How all 389 Chicago-area family homes inspected twice compare
Of the 389 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected twice, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None19%
- 1 of 221%
- Both61%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- July 10, 2025
- On file
- 2 visits since July 2024 — both cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was August 9, 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 10, 2025
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g) through (20) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g) · 406.8(a)(19)(h) · 406.8(a)(20)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 619835 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · July 2, 2024
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 619835 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (331) 251-4837
- Address
- 5326 S Austin Ave, Chicago, 60638
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "WINSTON, MELVINA P" under Provider Name and 60638 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 619835).
- License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "WINSTON, MELVINA P" under Provider Name and 60638 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 619835).
- 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 "WINSTON, MELVINA P" under Provider Name and 60638 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 619835).
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.