Chicago · Licensed family home

Martin, Lorita

At a glance

Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 children.

What to know

License: birth to 12 years (state).

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 both of its licensing inspections since June 2017.

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Licensing inspections

Dec 4, 20252 citations
- General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
  General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)
- Provisions Pertaining to the License
  Provisions Pertaining to the License
  89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k)
Jun 7, 20173 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)

The state cited rules at both of this home's 2 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected twice had the same: 61% of 389.

How all 389 Chicago-area family homes inspected twice compare

Of the 389 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected twice, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

None19%
1 of 221%
Both61%This home

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: December 4, 2025
On file: 2 visits since June 2017 — both cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was January 4, 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.

Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · December 4, 2025

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation substantiated

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 387941 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2017 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · June 7, 2017

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 387941 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone: (773) 445-9895
Address: 9750 S Leavitt St, Chicago, 60643

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.

Details

Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "MARTIN, LORITA" under Provider Name and 60643 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 387941).
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 "MARTIN, LORITA" under Provider Name and 60643 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 387941).

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.