Elk Grove Vlg · Licensed family home
Bubalova-Petrov, Jivka T
A family home in Elk Grove Vlg, licensed for up to 12 children. The state cited something at 8 of 9 routine visits (Chicago-area family homes: about 4 in 5). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Larger home. Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 8 of 9 cited something
Across Chicago-area family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (16,457 visits).
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- December 15, 2025
- On file
- 9 visits since December 2015 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 14, 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.
Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · December 15, 2025
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation substantiated
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation substantiated
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 536385 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · December 21, 2022
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · Violation substantiated
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · Violation substantiated
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 536385 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · March 1, 2021
Application for Renewal of License
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(e) through (f) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(e) · 408.15(f)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(j) through (s) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(j) · 408.30(s)
Program
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85 through (f) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85 · 408.85(f)
Application for License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(1)(c) · Violation substantiated
Nutrition and Meals
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.80(c) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 536385 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · November 20, 2019
Application for License
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(1) through (i) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(1) · 408.10(b)(1)(i)
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 536385 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · April 20, 2018
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) through (q) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) · 408.120(q)
Child Care Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a) · Violation substantiated
Number and Ages of Children Served
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(b)(1) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 536385 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2017 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · December 15, 2017
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20) through (q)(2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20) · 408.30(q) · 408.30(q)(2)
Application for License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(1)(g) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 536385 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2016 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · December 9, 2016
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (3) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(3)
Application for License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(1)(i) · Violation substantiated
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(j) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 536385 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2015 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · December 15, 2015
Records and Reports
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (l)(2) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(h) · 408.120(l)(2)
Application for License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(1)(i) · Violation substantiated
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(c)(1) · Violation substantiated
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i) · Violation substantiated
Child Care Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 536385 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 2246590617
- Address
- 410 Charing Cross Rd
- License
- license issued (il)
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All checked August 2026.
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BUBALOVA-PETROV, JIVKA T" under Provider Name and 60007 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 536385).