Chicago · Licensed family home

Alvarez Garcia, Sonia

At a glance

Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.

What to know

License: 6 weeks to 12 years (state).

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 all 8 of its licensing inspections since December 2014.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

Sep 6, 20243 citations
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)(1)
- Substitutes
  Substitutes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(d)
Oct 14, 20223 citations
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(h)(2)
Oct 15, 20211 citation
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)
Aug 7, 20204 citations
- Application for Renewal of License
  Application for Renewal of License
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(f)
- Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
  Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)
- Qualifications for Assistants
  Qualifications for Assistants
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(e)
- Activity Requirements
  Activity Requirements
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)
Sep 12, 201914 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)(19)
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)
- Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
  Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)
- Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
  Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a)
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)
- Transportation of Children By Day Care Home
  Transportation of Children By Day Care Home
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.18(f)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
- Records and Reports
  Records and Reports
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
- Records and Reports
  Records and Reports
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
Sep 3, 201917 citations
- Provisions Pertaining to the License
  Provisions Pertaining to the License
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)
- Qualifications for Assistants
  Qualifications for Assistants
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(a)
- Qualifications for Assistants
  Qualifications for Assistants
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(e)
- Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
  Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)
- Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
  Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(b)
- Application for License
  Application for License
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)
- Transportation of Children By Day Care Home
  Transportation of Children By Day Care Home
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.18(f)(2)
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(i)(1)
- Records and Reports
  Records and Reports
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
- Records and Reports
  Records and Reports
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
- General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  General Requirements for Day Care Homes
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(m)
Aug 28, 20186 citations
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
- Health, Medical Care and Safety
  Health, Medical Care and Safety
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
- Records and Reports
  Records and Reports
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
- Records and Reports
  Records and Reports
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)
Dec 19, 20146 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)(24)
- Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)
- Records and Reports
  Records and Reports
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
- Records and Reports
  Records and Reports
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
- Records and Reports
  Records and Reports
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

The state cited rules at all 8 of this home's inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 8 times had fewer: 61% of 184.

How all 184 Chicago-area family homes inspected 8 times compare

Of the 184 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 8 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

3 of 83%
4 of 85%
5 of 811%
6 of 818%
7 of 823%
All 839%This home

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: September 6, 2024
On file: 8 visits since December 2014 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was September 20, 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.

Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 6, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)(1) · Violation corrected

Substitutes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(d) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532508 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 14, 2022

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4) through (h)(2) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4) · 406.14(h)(2)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532508 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · October 15, 2021

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532508 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2020 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · August 7, 2020

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(f) · Violation corrected

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(e) · Violation corrected

Activity Requirements

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532508 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 14 findings

Monitoring visit · September 12, 2019

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a) through (f) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a) · 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(f)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) through (4) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) through (m) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) · 406.9(m)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (e) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a) · Violation substantiated

Transportation of Children By Day Care Home

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.18(f) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532508 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 17 findings

Monitoring visit · September 3, 2019

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (m) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(f) · 406.8(i)(1) · 406.8(m)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) through (4) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) through (b) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) · 406.9(b)

Qualifications for Assistants

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(a) through (e) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(a) · 406.10(e)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (e) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e)

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2) · Violation substantiated

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected

Transportation of Children By Day Care Home

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.18(f)(2) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532508 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2018 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · August 28, 2018

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (4) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (e) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532508 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2014 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · December 19, 2014

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e) · 406.24(f)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) through (24) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(24)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 532508 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone: (773) 816-7848
Address: 10344 S Avenue G, Chicago, 60617

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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 "ALVAREZ GARCIA, SONIA" under Provider Name and 60617 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 532508).
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 "ALVAREZ GARCIA, SONIA" under Provider Name and 60617 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 532508).

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.