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Chicago · Licensed family home

Serrano, Stephanie

At a glance

  • Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.

What to know

License: 6 weeks to 12 years (state).

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 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since March 2022.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Dec 1, 20255 citations
    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(k)

    • 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(d)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • Oct 24, 20234 citations
    • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
      • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(d)

    • Children Under 30 Months of Age
      • Children Under 30 Months of Age

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(b)(4)

    • Children Under 30 Months of Age
      • Children Under 30 Months of Age

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(d)(2)

    • Children Under 30 Months of Age
      • Children Under 30 Months of Age

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(4)

  • Nov 9, 20222 citations
    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3)

  • Mar 28, 2022Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 3 of this home's 4 inspections. Chicago-area family homes inspected 4 times split three ways: 37% had fewer, 21% the same, and 42% more (406 family homes).

How all 406 Chicago-area family homes inspected 4 times compare

Of the 406 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None6%
  • 1 of 413%
  • 2 of 418%
  • 3 of 421%This home
  • All 442%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
December 1, 2025
On file
4 visits since March 2022 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was December 8, 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.

Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · December 1, 2025

Records and Reports

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(d) · 406.24(e) · 406.24(f)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 604893 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 24, 2023

Children Under 30 Months of Age

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(b)(4) through (g)(4) · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(b)(4) · 406.22(d)(2) · 406.22(g)(4)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(d) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 604893 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · November 9, 2022

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) through (3) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(d)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 604893 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Details

Phone
(708) 673-5830
Address
13143 S Avenue M, Chicago, 60633

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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 "SERRANO, STEPHANIE" under Provider Name and 60633 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 604893).
  • 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 "SERRANO, STEPHANIE" under Provider Name and 60633 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 604893).

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.

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