North Chicago · Licensed family home
Mendoza, Luvia
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 5 of its 6 licensing inspections since July 2019.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Oct 16, 2025Nothing cited
Oct 7, 20241 citation
Children Under 30 Months of Age
Children Under 30 Months of Age
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(b)(4)
Sep 16, 20245 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(n)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)
Dec 8, 202310 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(t)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k)
Number and Ages of Children Served
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(b)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(r)
Nov 18, 20221 citation
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(u)
Jul 30, 20194 citations
Child Care Assistants
Child Care Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(b)
Child Care Assistants
Child Care Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(d)
Child Care Assistants
Child Care Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(e)
Number and Ages of Children Served
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(c)(1)
The state cited rules at 5 of this home's 6 inspections. Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times split three ways: 31% had fewer, 25% the same, and 44% more (328 family homes).
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%
- 5 of 625%This home
- All 644%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- October 16, 2025
- On file
- 6 visits since July 2019 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 16, 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.
Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · October 7, 2024
Children Under 30 Months of Age
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(b)(4) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 543183 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · September 16, 2024
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) through (n)(3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) · 408.30(n)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · Violation substantiated
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 543183 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Dec 2023 Monitoring visit 10 findings
Monitoring visit · December 8, 2023
Health, Medical Care and Safety
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20) through (t) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20) · 408.30(t)
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b) through (r) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b) · 408.120(r)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k) · Violation corrected
Number and Ages of Children Served
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(b)(2) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 543183 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · November 18, 2022
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(u) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 543183 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · July 30, 2019
Child Care Assistants
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(b) through (e) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(b) · 408.50(d) · 408.50(e)
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 543183 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (224) 381-7675
- Address
- 3134 Martin Luther King Dr, North Chicago, 60064
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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, LUVIA" under Provider Name and 60064 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 543183).
- 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, LUVIA" under Provider Name and 60064 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 543183).
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.