Chicago · Licensed family home
Wright, Melodye
At a glance
- Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 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 its 1 licensing inspection, in September 2026.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Sep 17, 20265 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)
The state cited rules at this home's 1 inspection. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected once had the same: 73% of 304.
How all 304 Chicago-area family homes inspected once compare
Of the 304 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected once, whether that inspection cited a rule:
- No27%
- Yes73%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- September 17, 2026
- On file
- 1 visit, September 2026 — it cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 19, 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.
Sep 2026 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · September 17, 2026
Health, Medical Care and Safety
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (4) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 576603 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 851-9435
- Address
- 12558 S Wallace St, 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 "WRIGHT, MELODYE" under Provider Name and 60628 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 576603).
- 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 "WRIGHT, MELODYE" under Provider Name and 60628 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 576603).
Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.