Chicago · Licensed family home
Letamendi, Maria L
At a glance
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 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 3 of its licensing inspections since October 2021.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Sep 19, 20251 citation
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
Nov 18, 20224 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5)
Qualifications for Assistants
Qualifications for Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(a)
Oct 28, 202110 citations
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)
Qualifications for Assistants
Qualifications for Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(a)
Qualifications for Assistants
Qualifications for Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(e)
Number and Ages of Children Served
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(d)(1)(b)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
The state cited rules at all 3 of this home's inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 3 times had the same: 51% of 423.
How all 423 Chicago-area family homes inspected 3 times compare
Of the 423 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None12%
- 1 of 317%
- 2 of 320%
- All 351%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- September 19, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since October 2021 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 19, 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.
Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 19, 2025
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 595088 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · November 18, 2022
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(5)
Qualifications for Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(a) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 595088 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2021 Monitoring visit 10 findings
Monitoring visit · October 28, 2021
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a) through (14) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a) · 406.8(a)(5) · 406.8(a)(14)
Records and Reports
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) through (e) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) · 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(e)
Qualifications for Assistants
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(a) through (e) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(a) · 406.10(e)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected
Number and Ages of Children Served
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(d)(1)(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 595088 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 739-9050
- Address
- 1626 W Thorndale Ave Apt 1, Chicago, 60660
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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 "LETAMENDI, MARIA L" under Provider Name and 60660 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 595088).
- License, 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 "LETAMENDI, MARIA L" under Provider Name and 60660 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 595088).
Mid-size means licensed for 8 children, the size at least half of Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes hold. Small is 2 to 7; larger is 9 to 12.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.