Chicago · Licensed family home
Szczypka, Teresa
A family home in Chicago, licensed for up to 12 children. The state cited something at 12 of 13 routine visits (Chicago-area family homes: about 4 in 5). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Larger home. Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 12 of 13 cited something
Across Chicago-area family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (16,457 visits).
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- November 6, 2025
- On file
- 13 visits since September 2013 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was November 7, 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.
Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · November 6, 2025
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(1) · 408.120(l)(2)
Child Care Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · September 4, 2024
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(17) through (n) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(17) · 408.30(n)
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · September 22, 2022
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) through (j)(1) · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) · 408.30(j)(1)
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(3) through (o) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(3) · 408.120(o)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j) · Violation corrected
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(h) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2021 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · July 1, 2021
Records and Reports
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (o) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(c) · 408.120(o)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(o)(1) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2020 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · September 14, 2020
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(c) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(q) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i) · Violation corrected
Nutrition and Meals
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.80(c) · Violation corrected
Program
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2019 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · July 8, 2019
Records and Reports
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (o) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(c) · 408.120(o)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(j) · Violation corrected
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 17, 2018
Program — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(i) · Violation corrected
Illinois does not publish what came of a report; that investigation is confidential.
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · July 23, 2018
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected
Background Checks
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(d) · Violation corrected on site
Child Care Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · June 25, 2018
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13) through (e)(5) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13) · 408.30(e)(5)
Child Care Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2017 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · September 21, 2017
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) through (18) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) · 408.30(a)(16) · 408.30(a)(18)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(6) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2014 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · August 21, 2014
Background Checks
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(b) · Violation corrected
Child Care Assistants
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2013 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 6, 2013
Number and Ages of Children Served
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(c)(2) · Rule cited again
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 7735450313
- Address
- 3707 N Oak Park Ave
- License
- license issued (il)
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All checked July 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 "SZCZYPKA, TERESA" under Provider Name and 60634 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 507373).