Waukegan · Licensed family home
Najera Lopez, Anai
A family home in Waukegan, licensed for up to 7 children. The state cited something at 6 of 7 routine visits (Chicago-area family homes: about 4 in 5). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Small home. Small means licensed for 2 to 7 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Mid-size is 8; 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: 6 of 7 cited something
Across Chicago-area family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (16,457 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
- March 2, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since May 2017 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was April 2, 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 4 findings
Monitoring visit · March 2, 2026
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(4)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 405743 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · February 25, 2025
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 405743 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2024 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · January 23, 2024
Records and Reports
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2) through (j) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2) · 406.24(i) · 406.24(j)
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(f) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g) · Violation corrected
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(u) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 405743 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · January 29, 2020
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 405743 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · February 21, 2019
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 405743 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2017 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · May 5, 2017
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8 through (a)(23) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8 · 406.8(a)(23)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(h) through (2) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(h) · 406.14(h)(2)
Substitutes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11 · Violation substantiated
School Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 405743 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 8479871738
- Address
- 1417 Melrose Ave
- License
- license issued (il)
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Sources and dates
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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 "NAJERA LOPEZ, ANAI" under Provider Name and 60085 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 405743).