Cicero · Licensed family home
Mena, Monica
At a glance
- Small family home, licensed for up to 6 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 1 of its 2 licensing inspections since January 2024.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jan 8, 2026Nothing cited
Jan 19, 20241 citation
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
The state cited rules at 1 of this home's 2 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected twice had more: 61% of 389 had rules cited at both.
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%This home
- Both61%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- January 8, 2026
- On file
- 2 visits since January 2024 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Correction was due February 18, 2024. 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 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 19, 2024
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 605198 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (708) 271-5134
- Address
- 1528 S 60th Ct Apt 1, Cicero, 60804
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Sources and dates
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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 "MENA, MONICA" under Provider Name and 60804 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 605198).
- 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 "MENA, MONICA" under Provider Name and 60804 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 605198).
Small means licensed for 2 to 7 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Mid-size is 8; 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.