Schaumburg · Licensed family home

Sadelski, Joanna

Larger family home, licensed for up to 11 children.
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What these mean, and where they come from

Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.

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What the state has found

Routine visits: 9 of 10 cited something

Chicago-area family homes: the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine 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: April 7, 2025
On file: 10 visits since May 2014 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was May 7, 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.

Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 7, 2025

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529246 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

May 2022 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · May 11, 2022

Child Care Assistants

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a) · 408.50(h)

Number and Ages of Children Served

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(a)(1)(a) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(a)(1)(a) · 408.65(a)(1)(b)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(n)(5) · Violation corrected

Background Checks

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40 · Violation corrected

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)(1) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529246 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2020 Monitoring visit 14 findings

Monitoring visit · December 11, 2020

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

9 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(2) through (t) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(2) · 408.30(a)(3) · 408.30(a)(16) · 408.30(a)(20) · 408.30(b)(9) · 408.30(b)(10) · 408.30(b)(11) · 408.30(s)(4) · 408.30(t)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2) · 408.120(b)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · Violation corrected

Child Care Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · Violation corrected

Program

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(l) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529246 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2020 Monitoring visit 16 findings

Monitoring visit · November 16, 2020

Records and Reports

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) through (q) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) · 408.120(k) · 408.120(p) · 408.120(q)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20) through (s) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20) · 408.30(j) · 408.30(s)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(c) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(c) · 408.35(i) · 408.35(j)

Background Checks

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(a) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(a) · 408.40(b)

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(c)(3) · Violation corrected

Child Care Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · Violation corrected

Substitutes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(c) · Violation corrected

Cooperation with the Department

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130 · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529246 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · April 6, 2018

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (3) · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) through (j) · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · 408.60(j)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529246 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2016 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · March 10, 2016

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) through (j)(1)(c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · 408.60(h)(3) · 408.60(j)(1)(a) · 408.60(j)(1)(b) · 408.60(j)(1)(c)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (4) · Violation corrected · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529246 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2015 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · April 24, 2015

Health, Medical Care and Safety

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (4) · Violation corrected · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(1) · 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(b)(9) through (l)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(9) · 408.30(l)(5)

Caregivers

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · 408.45(j)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529246 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2014 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · August 27, 2014

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(h)(3) through (j)(1)(c) · Rule cited again · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(h)(3) · 408.60(j)(1) · 408.60(j)(1)(b) · 408.60(j)(1)(c)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (3) · Rule cited again

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(3)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(16) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529246 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2014 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · May 22, 2014

Health, Medical Care and Safety

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) through (h)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · 408.60(h)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 529246 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

How the comparison is built

Routine visits: across Chicago-area family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (16,457 visits).

Details

7737711017

Address: 213 Southwick Ln
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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All checked August 2026.

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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 "SADELSKI, JOANNA" under Provider Name and 60173 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 529246).