Chicago · Licensed family home

Diming, Sarah J

Larger family home, licensed for up to 10 children.
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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.

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What the state has found

Routine visits: 11 of 11 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.

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: March 5, 2024
On file: 11 visits since March 2010 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was April 3, 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.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 5, 2024

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 396536 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 29, 2021

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 396536 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2020 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · March 4, 2020

Records and Reports

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (o) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(2) · 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(c) · 408.120(o)

Application for Renewal of License

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

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(2) · Violation corrected on site

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 396536 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · January 3, 2019

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(4) · Violation corrected on site

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

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

Caregivers

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 396536 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 5, 2018

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 396536 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 1, 2018

Cooperation with the Department

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 396536 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2017 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · May 24, 2017

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

8 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(2) through (s) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(2) · 408.30(a)(3) · 408.30(a)(5) · 408.30(a)(13) · 408.30(a)(16) · 408.30(a)(17) · 408.30(c) · 408.30(s)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b) through (c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b) · 408.120(c)

Application for Renewal of License

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 396536 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2013 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · March 29, 2013

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(16) through (x) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(16) · 408.30(x)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) through (j) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · 408.60(j)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 396536 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2012 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 20, 2012

Caregivers

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 396536 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2011 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · July 28, 2011

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(5) through (17) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(5) · 408.30(a)(15) · 408.30(a)(17)

Caregivers

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · 408.45(h) · 408.45(j)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2) · 408.120(h)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Program

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

Children Under 30 Months of Age

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 396536 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2010 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 26, 2010

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i) · 408.35(j)

Caregivers

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 396536 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

7732942093

Address: 1810 N Mulligan Ave
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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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 "DIMING, SARAH J" under Provider Name and 60639 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 396536).