Buffalo Grove · Licensed family home
Shafran, Katerina
At a glance
- Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 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 2 of its 6 licensing inspections since March 2022.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Feb 18, 2026Nothing cited
- Nov 17, 2025Nothing cited
Dec 5, 20241 citation
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
- Nov 13, 2023Nothing cited
- Nov 23, 2022Nothing cited
Mar 29, 20223 citations
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)
The state cited rules at 2 of this home's 6 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times had more: 95% of 328 had rules cited at 3 or more.
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%This home
- 3 of 69%
- 4 of 616%
- 5 of 625%
- All 644%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- February 18, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since March 2022 — 4 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was January 5, 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 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · December 5, 2024
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 606481 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · March 29, 2022
Health, Medical Care and Safety
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (4) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(4)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 606481 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (224) 433-4830
- Address
- 456 Chicory Ln, Buffalo Grove, 60089
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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 "SHAFRAN, KATERINA" under Provider Name and 60089 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 606481).
- 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 "SHAFRAN, KATERINA" under Provider Name and 60089 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 606481).
Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.