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Blue Island · Licensed family home

Farland, Elener T

At a glance

  • Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 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 6 of its licensing inspections since September 2016.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Aug 21, 20265 citations
    • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
      • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(c)

    • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13)

    • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(15)

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)

    • Health, Medical Care and Safety
      • Health, Medical Care and Safety

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)

  • Jul 1, 20261 citation
    • Caregivers
      • Caregivers

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(k)

  • Sep 2, 20252 citations
    • Children Under 30 Months of Age
      • Children Under 30 Months of Age

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(g)(4)

    • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(6)

  • Jul 19, 20245 citations
    • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
      • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)

    • Caregivers
      • Caregivers

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)

    • Child Care Assistants
      • Child Care Assistants

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(6)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(5)

  • Jan 24, 20243 citations
    • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(1)

    • Background Checks
      • Background Checks

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(d)

    • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
      • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)

  • Sep 9, 20166 citations
    • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(l)

    • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
      • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i)

    • Caregivers
      • Caregivers

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45

    • Background Checks
      • Background Checks

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(b)

    • Child Care Assistants
      • Child Care Assistants

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h)

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)

The state cited rules at all 6 of this home's inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times had fewer: 56% of 328.

How all 328 Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times compare

Of the 328 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • 1 of 61%
  • 2 of 64%
  • 3 of 69%
  • 4 of 616%
  • 5 of 625%
  • All 644%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 21, 2026
On file
6 visits since September 2016 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 4, 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.

Aug 2026 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · August 21, 2026

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13) through (15) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13) · 408.30(a)(15)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · 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 435652 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 1, 2026

Caregivers

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 435652 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · September 2, 2025

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(6) · Violation corrected

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(g)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 435652 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · July 19, 2024

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(5) through (6) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(5) · 408.120(a)(6)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

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

Caregivers

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

Child Care Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 435652 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · January 24, 2024

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

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

Background Checks

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 435652 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2016 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · September 9, 2016

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

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

Background Checks

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

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45 · Violation corrected

Child Care Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · 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 435652 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone
(312) 589-0674
Address
12603 Artesian Ave, Blue Island, 60406

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "FARLAND, ELENER T" under Provider Name and 60406 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 435652).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "FARLAND, ELENER T" under Provider Name and 60406 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 435652).
  • 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 "FARLAND, ELENER T" under Provider Name and 60406 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 435652).

Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.

The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.

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