Chicago · Licensed family home
Torregroza, Karen
At a glance
- Small family home, licensed for up to 6 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 its 1 licensing inspection, in June 2026.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jun 18, 20263 citations
Children Under 30 Months of Age
Children Under 30 Months of Age
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(b)(4)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(i)
The state cited rules at this home's 1 inspection. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected once had the same: 73% of 304.
How all 304 Chicago-area family homes inspected once compare
Of the 304 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected once, whether that inspection cited a rule:
- No27%
- Yes73%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- June 18, 2026
- On file
- 1 visit, June 2026 — it cited findings
- Fixed?
- Correction was due July 21, 2026. 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.
Jun 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · June 18, 2026
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(i) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · Violation corrected
Children Under 30 Months of Age
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(b)(4) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 649251 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (210) 707-8346
- Address
- 2555 N Leclaire Ave Unit 1, Chicago, 60639
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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 "TORREGROZA, KAREN" under Provider Name and 60639 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 649251).
- 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 "TORREGROZA, KAREN" under Provider Name and 60639 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 649251).
Small means licensed for 2 to 7 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Mid-size is 8; 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.