Almaraz, Joel
Home Daycare · Pending renewal application · Licensed since 2016
GoldiCheck · State record
Repeat — cited before and still not corrected: 40610A (Family home ASSISTANT has NOT passed required background check (§406.10(a))) from 2024-07-22
Category check
1 safety area flagged serious — see red below.
Safety
can be flagged seriousKey findings
Most recent or most severe violations based on your filters.
Unsafe infant sleep environment — prohibited soft objects present (suffocation/SIDS risk)
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Family home ASSISTANT has NOT passed required background check (§406.10(a))
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
All violations
19 violations shown (89 outside lookback window)
Background checks(1)
Family home ASSISTANT has NOT passed required background check (§406.10(a))
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Health & sanitation(3)
Family home — records & reports requirement not met (§406.24)
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Family home — records & reports requirement not met (§406.24)
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Unsafe infant sleep environment — prohibited soft objects present (suffocation/SIDS risk)
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Paperwork / records(2)
Family home — enrollment or discharge procedure not followed
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Family home — enrollment or discharge procedure not followed
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Operations(13)
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
Family home — licensing requirement not met
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Family home — general licensing requirement not met
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
Family home — licensing requirement not met
DCFS has not recorded a verified correction. The facility may have fixed this independently — ask for the inspector sign-off.
How we rate this daycareIllinois DCFS records›
DCFS doesn't grade violations, so we classify each citation by the rule it cites: rules tied to immediate child safety (supervision, background checks, discipline, and the higher-risk building and health rules) are red; administrative rules (ratios, training, paperwork) are yellow. Classification is per citation, so two findings in the same category can differ.
🔴 Serious concerns — any of:
- A child-safety (red) violation is still unresolved — past its correction deadline, or cited again as a repeat
- DCFS issued a Protective Plan — a formal finding of an active risk to a child
- 2 or more violations are past their correction deadline
🟡 Watch carefully — any of:
- A child-safety (red) violation was corrected or is being corrected
- 3 or more administrative (yellow) violations
- 1 violation is past its correction deadline
- An active corrective plan — DCFS formally required a fix
🟢 Clean
Actively licensed, with no violations (or only minor, corrected ones) in your lookback window.
Data sourced from Illinois DCFS (DCFS Sunshine). Last updated: Aug 7, 2026. GoldiCheck is not affiliated with DCFS. Always verify with the DCFS Sunshine record (search Provider #541580).
This is a home-based program. The operator's name and address are published by DCFS as part of the licensing record, under state transparency law; we republish only what that record makes public.