Chicago · Licensed family home

Cuecha, Maria D

What these mean, and where they come from

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: 9 of 10 cited something

Chicago-area family homes: the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine 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
June 9, 2026
On file
10 visits since January 2016 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was July 9, 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.

Jun 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 9, 2026

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(r) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 538284 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 23, 2025

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 538284 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 12, 2023

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(r) · Violation corrected

Substitutes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(c) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 538284 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 22, 2021

Background Checks

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(a) · Violation corrected

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(i)(3) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(i) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 538284 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2020 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 10, 2020

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 538284 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2019 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · August 13, 2019

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(j) · Violation corrected

Child Care Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · Violation corrected

Cited: FHSEC305

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 538284 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2018 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · March 29, 2018

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(f) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(h) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meals

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.80(a) · Violation corrected

Program

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(f) · Violation corrected

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(g)(5) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 538284 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2016 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 8, 2016

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 538284 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2016 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 22, 2016

Substitutes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(a) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(a) · 408.55(c) · 408.55(d)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 538284 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (16,457 visits).

Details

3042769657

Address
5240 W Addison St
License
license issued (il)

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All checked July 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 "CUECHA, MARIA D" under Provider Name and 60641 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 538284).