Chicago · Licensed family home
Zamora, Tamara M
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 its 1 licensing inspection, in November 2021.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Nov 17, 20212 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)
Background Checks
Background Checks
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(a)
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
- November 17, 2021
- On file
- 1 visit, November 2021 — it cited findings
- Fixed?
- Correction was due December 17, 2021. 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 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · November 17, 2021
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · Violation substantiated
Background Checks
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 583646 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 610-1925
- Address
- 3562 W Wabansia Ave Apt 1, Chicago, 60647
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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 "ZAMORA, TAMARA M" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 583646).
- Website — Checked July 2026 happychildrenchicago.com
- 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 "ZAMORA, TAMARA M" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 583646).
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.