Waukegan · Licensed family home
Matute, Senia P
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 5 of its 9 licensing inspections since March 2018.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Dec 4, 2025Nothing cited
Dec 4, 20241 citation
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)
- Dec 7, 2023Nothing cited
- Dec 15, 2022Nothing cited
Jan 29, 20204 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)
Transportation of Children By Day Care Home
Transportation of Children By Day Care Home
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.18(a)
Jan 22, 20191 citation
Application for Renewal of License
Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(i)
Jan 4, 20192 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2)
- May 2, 2018Nothing cited
Mar 27, 20186 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(e)
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)(2)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
The state cited rules at 5 of this home's 9 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 9 times had more: 93% of 126 had rules cited at 6 or more.
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%This home
- 6 of 910%
- 7 of 917%
- 8 of 925%
- All 942%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- December 4, 2025
- On file
- 9 visits since March 2018 — 4 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 8, 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.
Dec 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · December 4, 2024
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547341 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · January 29, 2020
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23) · Violation substantiated
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) · Violation substantiated
Transportation of Children By Day Care Home
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.18(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547341 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 22, 2019
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(i) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547341 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · January 4, 2019
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547341 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2018 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · March 27, 2018
Records and Reports
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) through (3) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) · 406.24(d)(2) · 406.24(d)(3)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation substantiated
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e) · Violation substantiated
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 547341 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (847) 721-2207
- Address
- 2602 W Atlantic Ave, Waukegan, 60085
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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 "MATUTE, SENIA P" under Provider Name and 60085 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 547341).
- 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 "MATUTE, SENIA P" under Provider Name and 60085 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 547341).
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.