Blue Island · Licensed family home
Sardin, Kristen
At a glance
- Small family home, licensed for up to 7 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 all 5 of its licensing inspections since July 2018.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
May 12, 20264 citations
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)(1)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6)
May 7, 20256 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(13)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(h)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)
Qualifications for Assistants
Qualifications for Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(e)
Apr 19, 20246 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(j)(5)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(m)
Activity Requirements
Activity Requirements
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)
Apr 19, 20232 citations
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)
Jul 31, 20184 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
The state cited rules at all 5 of this home's inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 5 times had fewer: 57% of 357.
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%
- All 543%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- May 12, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since July 2018 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 11, 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.
May 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · May 12, 2026
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) through (h)(1) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) · 406.8(e) · 406.8(h)(1)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 567302 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2025 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · May 7, 2025
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) through (19)(h) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(a)(13) · 406.8(a)(19)(g) · 406.8(a)(19)(h)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · Violation corrected
Qualifications for Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(e) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 567302 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · April 19, 2024
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) through (m) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(g) · 406.8(j)(5) · 406.8(m)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) · Violation corrected on site
Activity Requirements
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 567302 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · April 19, 2023
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 567302 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · July 31, 2018
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) · 406.24(f)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 567302 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 499-4062
- Address
- 2111 121st St, Blue Island, 60406
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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 "SARDIN, KRISTEN" under Provider Name and 60406 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 567302).
- 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 "SARDIN, KRISTEN" under Provider Name and 60406 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 567302).
Small means licensed for 2 to 7 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Mid-size is 8; 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.