Chicago · Licensed family home
Sterling, Michele 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 2 of its 3 licensing inspections since September 2021.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jun 10, 2024Nothing cited
May 30, 20231 citation
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
Sep 28, 20216 citations
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
The state cited rules at 2 of this home's 3 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 3 times had more: 51% of 423 had rules cited at all 3.
How all 423 Chicago-area family homes inspected 3 times compare
Of the 423 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None12%
- 1 of 317%
- 2 of 320%This home
- All 351%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- June 10, 2024
- On file
- 3 visits since September 2021 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 30, 2023. 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 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 30, 2023
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 379280 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2021 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · September 28, 2021
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(1) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 379280 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 723-3973
- Address
- 7310 S Vernon 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 "STERLING, MICHELE J" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 379280).
- 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 "STERLING, MICHELE J" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 379280).
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.