Chicago · Licensed family home
Leon De Diaz, Sara
A family home in Chicago, licensed for up to 12 children. The state cited something at 4 of 4 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: 4 of 4 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
- November 24, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since November 2016 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was December 10, 2025. 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.
Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · November 24, 2025
Health, Medical Care and Safety
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (4) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 545166 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2019 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · November 26, 2019
Health, Medical Care and Safety
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)
Child Care Assistants
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a) through (h) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a) · 408.50(h)
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 545166 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · October 16, 2018
Application for Renewal of License
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(e) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(e) · 408.15(f)
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 545166 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2016 Monitoring visit 14 findings
Monitoring visit · November 18, 2016
Health, Medical Care and Safety
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)
Records and Reports
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) through (q) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(a)(5) · 408.120(c) · 408.120(q)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20) through (q)(7) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20) · 408.30(q)(7)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · 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(k) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 545166 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7736569077
- Address
- 6235 S Parkside Ave
- License
- license issued (il)
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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 "LEON DE DIAZ, SARA" under Provider Name and 60638 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 545166).