Waukegan · Licensed family home
Mendoza, Galilea
At a glance
- Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 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 4 of its 6 licensing inspections since April 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Mar 4, 20262 citations
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(o)
Mar 20, 20252 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20)
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)
- Mar 13, 2024Nothing cited
- Oct 24, 2023Nothing cited
Sep 21, 20233 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(a)
Substitutes
Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(a)
Substitutes
Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(c)
Apr 12, 202311 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(c)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(o)
Application for Renewal of License
Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(e)(1)
Application for Renewal of License
Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(e)(2)
The state cited rules at 4 of this home's 6 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times had more: 69% of 328 had rules cited at 5 or more.
How all 328 Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times compare
Of the 328 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 61%
- 2 of 64%
- 3 of 69%
- 4 of 616%This home
- 5 of 625%
- All 644%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- March 4, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since April 2023 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 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.
Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 4, 2026
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(o) · Violation corrected on site
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 604996 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · March 20, 2025
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20) · Violation corrected
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 604996 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · September 21, 2023
Substitutes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(a) through (c) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(a) · 408.55(c)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 604996 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 11 findings
Monitoring visit · April 12, 2023
Records and Reports
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (o) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(o)
Application for Renewal of License
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(e)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(e)(1) · 408.15(e)(2)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) through (13) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) · 408.30(a)(13)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(c) through (d) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(c) · 408.60(d)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · Violation corrected
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 604996 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (847) 312-4727
- Address
- 2313 N Northern Ave, Waukegan, 60087
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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 "MENDOZA, GALILEA" under Provider Name and 60087 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 604996).
- 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 "MENDOZA, GALILEA" under Provider Name and 60087 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 604996).
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.