Chicago · Licensed family home

Garcia, Maryeling

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.

Who cares for your child

Ratio not published

One staff is named on their site, with no start year given.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, teaching approach, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 2 of 3 cited something

Chicago-area family homes: the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits. Three visits are too few to read as a pattern.

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
January 13, 2026
On file
3 visits since January 2021 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was December 13, 2022. 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.

Jan 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Dec 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · December 13, 2022

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 572884 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 7, 2021

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 572884 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).

A day here

Meals
Nutritious meals and snacks provided
Outdoors
Indoor/outdoor play area on-site, used seasonally with indoor alternatives in winter
Calendar
Year round

Details

7739430563

Website
myfirsteps.com
Address
5209 N Winthrop Ave
License
license issued (il)

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State record

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Details

  • Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "GARCIA, MARYELING" under Provider Name and 60640 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 572884).
  • Website — Checked August 2026 myfirsteps.com