Chicago · Licensed family home
Ortega, Sara
At a glance
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 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 5 licensing inspections since June 2015.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
May 21, 20251 citation
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(28)
- Apr 25, 2024Nothing cited
May 31, 20191 citation
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)
Jul 28, 20162 citations
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
Jun 12, 201510 citations
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
Substitutes
Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(a)
Substitutes
Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(c)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(i)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(r)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
The state cited rules at 4 of this home's 5 inspections. Chicago-area family homes inspected 5 times split three ways: 36% had fewer, 21% the same, and 43% more (357 family homes).
How all 357 Chicago-area family homes inspected 5 times compare
Of the 357 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None1%
- 1 of 56%
- 2 of 512%
- 3 of 517%
- 4 of 521%This home
- All 543%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- May 21, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since June 2015 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 30, 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.
May 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 21, 2025
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(28) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 377578 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 31, 2019
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 377578 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · July 28, 2016
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)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 377578 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2015 Monitoring visit 10 findings
Monitoring visit · June 12, 2015
Records and Reports
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (r) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(d)(2) · 406.24(d)(3) · 406.24(e) · 406.24(r)
Substitutes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(a) through (c) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(a) · 406.11(c)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(i) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 377578 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 510-0025
- Address
- 4512 W 59th St, Chicago, 60629
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "ORTEGA, SARA" under Provider Name and 60629 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 377578).
- License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "ORTEGA, SARA" under Provider Name and 60629 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 377578).
- 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 "ORTEGA, SARA" under Provider Name and 60629 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 377578).
Mid-size means licensed for 8 children, the size at least half of Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes hold. Small is 2 to 7; 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.