Chicago · Licensed family home
Martinez, Gilberto
A family home in Chicago, licensed for up to 8 children. The state cited something at 8 of 8 routine visits (Chicago-area family homes: about 4 in 5). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Mid-size home. Mid-size means licensed for 8 children, the size at least half of Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes hold. Small is 2 to 7; larger is 9 to 12.
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: 8 of 8 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
- January 5, 2022
- On file
- 8 visits since January 2018 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was February 20, 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 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · January 5, 2022
Cooperation with the Department
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a) through (b) · Repeat violation
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a) · 408.130(b)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 555897 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2020 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · July 15, 2020
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(17) through (e)(3) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(17) · 408.30(e)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(d)(1) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 555897 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 4, 2020
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(16) · Violation corrected on site
Number and Ages of Children Served
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(b) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 555897 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2020 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · February 28, 2020
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(6) through (e)(5) · Violation corrected · Rule cited again
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(6) · 408.30(a)(17) · 408.30(e)(5)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(c) through (d) · Rule cited again · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(c) · 408.35(d)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 555897 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2020 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · February 22, 2020
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(6) through (j) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(6) · 408.30(d) · 408.30(j)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(c) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 555897 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 23, 2020
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(b) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 555897 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · June 4, 2018
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(e) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 555897 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · January 18, 2018
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(e)(1) · Violation corrected
Substitutes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 555897 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7733860714
- Address
- 6518 W Diversey Ave
- License
- refuse to renew (rr)
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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 "MARTINEZ, GILBERTO" under Provider Name and 60707 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 555897).