Chicago · Licensed family home
De La Torre, Maria M
At a glance
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 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 2 of its 4 licensing inspections since April 2012.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Sep 10, 2026Nothing cited
Sep 27, 20243 citations
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(13)
- Sep 25, 2020Nothing cited
Apr 27, 201210 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(ai)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(2)
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)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(2)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(3)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(4)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(5)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(6)
The state cited rules at 2 of this home's 4 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 4 times had more: 63% of 406 had rules cited at 3 or more.
How all 406 Chicago-area family homes inspected 4 times compare
Of the 406 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None6%
- 1 of 413%
- 2 of 418%This home
- 3 of 421%
- All 442%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- September 10, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since April 2012 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 17, 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 27, 2024
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) through (13) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(13)
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 393229 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2012 Monitoring visit 10 findings
Monitoring visit · April 27, 2012
Records and Reports
7 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (e)(6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e)(1) · 406.24(e)(2) · 406.24(e)(3) · 406.24(e)(4) · 406.24(e)(5) · 406.24(e)(6)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (j)(2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(j)(2)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(ai) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 393229 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 679-7113
- Address
- 5240 S Lawndale Ave, Chicago, 60632
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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 "DE LA TORRE, MARIA M" under Provider Name and 60632 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 393229).
- 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 "DE LA TORRE, MARIA M" under Provider Name and 60632 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 393229).
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.