Chicago · Licensed family home
Sanford, Nicole J
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 5 of its 6 licensing inspections since June 2011.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Sep 26, 20254 citations
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(a)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Oct 2, 20234 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Sep 13, 20221 citation
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
- Apr 15, 2021Nothing cited
Aug 26, 20144 citations
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(ai)
Jun 24, 20114 citations
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(o)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(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
- September 26, 2025
- On file
- 6 visits since June 2011 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 3, 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.
Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · September 26, 2025
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) through (23) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(23)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(a) · Violation corrected
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490361 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · October 2, 2023
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) through (23) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(23)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (t) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490361 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 13, 2022
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490361 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2014 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · August 26, 2014
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) through (3)(ai) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) · 406.12(b)(3)(ai)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490361 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2011 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · June 24, 2011
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (o) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(o)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490361 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 615-3743
- Address
- 8639 S Indiana Ave, Chicago, 60619
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SANFORD, NICOLE J" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 490361).
- 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 "SANFORD, NICOLE J" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 490361).
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.