Cicero · Licensed family home
Vega Ortiz, Graciela
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 1 of its 3 licensing inspections since October 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Apr 27, 20267 citations
Program
Program
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(i)
Transportation of Children
Transportation of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.90(c)
Transportation of Children
Transportation of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.90(e)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(i)
Background Checks
Background Checks
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(a)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)
Transportation of Children
Transportation of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.90(d)(1)
- Dec 12, 2024Nothing cited
- Oct 31, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 1 of this home's 3 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 3 times had more: 71% of 423 had rules cited at 2 or more.
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%This home
- 2 of 320%
- All 351%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- April 27, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since October 2023 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Correction was due May 20, 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.
Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · April 27, 2026
Transportation of Children
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.90(c) through (e) · Violation corrected · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.90(c) · 408.90(d)(1) · 408.90(e)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(i) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · Violation corrected
Background Checks
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(a) · Violation corrected
Program
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(i) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 616170 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (708) 663-3795
- Address
- 3617 S Central Ave, Cicero, 60804
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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 "VEGA ORTIZ, GRACIELA" under Provider Name and 60804 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 616170).
- 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 "VEGA ORTIZ, GRACIELA" under Provider Name and 60804 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 616170).
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.