Palatine · Licensed family home
Issa, Amber S
At a glance
- Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 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 all 9 of its licensing inspections since May 2013.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Apr 7, 20262 citations
Child Care Assistants
Child Care Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)
Apr 24, 20234 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(6)
May 18, 20223 citations
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)
Apr 11, 20184 citations
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)
Jan 18, 20171 citation
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i)
Apr 15, 20164 citations
Application for License
Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(1)(i)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)
Apr 8, 20153 citations
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)
Apr 14, 20144 citations
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)(f)
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i)
May 10, 20138 citations
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)
Child Care Assistants
Child Care Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(b)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(3)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(2)
The state cited rules at all 9 of this home's inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 9 times had fewer: 58% of 126.
How all 126 Chicago-area family homes inspected 9 times compare
Of the 126 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 9 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 4 of 92%
- 5 of 96%
- 6 of 910%
- 7 of 917%
- 8 of 925%
- All 942%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- April 7, 2026
- On file
- 9 visits since May 2013 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 7, 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.
Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · April 7, 2026
Child Care Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · 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 514657 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · April 24, 2023
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)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · Violation substantiated
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(6) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514657 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · May 18, 2022
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · Violation substantiated
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514657 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · April 11, 2018
Health, Medical Care and Safety
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (4) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514657 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 18, 2017
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514657 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2016 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · April 15, 2016
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)
Application for License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(1)(i) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514657 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2015 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · April 8, 2015
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514657 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2014 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · April 14, 2014
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(a)(3)(f)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i) · Violation corrected
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514657 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2013 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · May 10, 2013
Records and Reports
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (l)(3) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(l)(1) · 408.120(l)(2) · 408.120(l)(3)
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation substantiated
Child Care Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(b) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514657 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (847) 991-4505
- Address
- 906 S Valley Ln, Palatine, 60067
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "ISSA, AMBER S" under Provider Name and 60067 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 514657).
- 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 "ISSA, AMBER S" under Provider Name and 60067 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 514657).
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.