Chicago · Licensed family home
Figueroa, Sandra
A family home in Chicago, licensed for up to 12 children. The state cited something at 6 of 6 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: 6 of 6 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
- May 29, 2024
- On file
- 6 visits since May 2016 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 28, 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.
May 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · May 29, 2024
Background Checks
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(a) · Violation corrected on site
Substitutes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(a) · 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 478910 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · April 29, 2022
Substitutes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(a) · Violation substantiated
Cited: CCASEC8
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 478910 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2022 Monitoring visit 15 findings
Monitoring visit · April 8, 2022
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) through (q)(5) · Violation corrected · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) · 408.30(a)(4) · 408.30(a)(5) · 408.30(b)(11) · 408.30(q)(5)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) through (k) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · 408.60(k)
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b) through (i) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b) · 408.120(i)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected
Background Checks
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(a) · Violation corrected
Child Care Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · Violation substantiated
Substitutes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(a) · Violation substantiated
Number and Ages of Children Served
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(a)(1) · Violation corrected on site
Program
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(e)(1) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 478910 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2020 Monitoring visit 13 findings
Monitoring visit · June 29, 2020
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i) through (o) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i) · 408.35(o)
Program
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(c)(3) through (e)(3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(c)(3) · 408.85(e)(3)
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) through (k) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) · 408.120(k)
Application for License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10 · Violation corrected
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(f) · Violation corrected
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(j)(2) · 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
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.75(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 478910 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · June 11, 2018
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(3)
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected
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 478910 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2016 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · May 11, 2016
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(2) · 408.30(a)(3) · 408.30(a)(4)
Caregivers
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) through (l) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · 408.45(l)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)(1) · 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 478910 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7732834938
- Address
- 4142 W Nelson St
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
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Sources and dates
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All checked July 2026.
State record
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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 "FIGUEROA, SANDRA" under Provider Name and 60641 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 478910).