Grayslake · Licensed family home

Schau, Melissa A

What these mean, and where they come from

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.

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What the state has found

Routine visits: 1 of 4 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.

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
October 15, 2024
On file
4 visits since December 2014 — 3 cited nothing
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.

Oct 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Oct 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Dec 2014 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · December 19, 2014

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 502367 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

8472879246

Address
223 S Slusser St
License
license issued (il)

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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 "SCHAU, MELISSA A" under Provider Name and 60030 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 502367).