Cicero · Licensed family home

Medina, Maria S

Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
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What these mean, and where they come from

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: 14 of 14 cited something

Chicago-area family homes: the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine 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 6, 2026
On file: 14 visits since August 2011 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was November 15, 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.

Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 6, 2026

Child Care Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(e) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 15, 2025

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meals

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.80(k)(5) · Violation corrected on site

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(g)(4) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · August 15, 2023

Children with Special Needs

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.100(c) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.100(c) · 408.100(d)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a) · Violation corrected

Number and Ages of Children Served

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(c)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 10, 2022

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 20, 2020

Children with Special Needs

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.100(d) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2019 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · May 16, 2019

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 12, 2018

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(i) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2017 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 3, 2017

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2016 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · June 17, 2016

Health, Medical Care and Safety

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (d)(1) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4) · 408.70(d)(1)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(c) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(c) · 408.35(i)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(11) · Violation corrected

Substitutes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(d) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2015 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 16, 2015

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

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

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(e)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2014 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · August 28, 2014

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (d)(2) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4) · 408.70(d)(2)

Number and Ages of Children Served

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(b)(2) · Violation corrected

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(d)(2) · Violation corrected on site

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2013 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · September 20, 2013

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

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

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(1)(i) · Violation corrected

Number and Ages of Children Served

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2012 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 10, 2012

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(4) through (18) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(4) · 408.30(a)(18)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2011 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · August 11, 2011

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(e)(5) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(e)(5) · 408.30(i)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · Violation corrected

School Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (16,457 visits).

Details

7087808636

Address: 3734 S 59th Ct
License: license issued (il)

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All checked August 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 "MEDINA, MARIA S" under Provider Name and 60804 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 453534).