Chicago · Licensed family home

Barrera, Elsa

What the state has found

The state cited rules at both of its licensing inspections since May 2025.

Of the 394 Chicago-area family homes with 2 licensing inspections, 61% had rules cited at both, as this home did. 18% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Aug 6, 20261 citation

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

May 29, 20251 citation

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 6, 2026
On file
2 visits since May 2025 — both cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 5, 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.

Aug 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 6, 2026

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 405337 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 29, 2025

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 405337 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

Details

7734161816

Address
5142 S Keeler Ave
License
license issued (il)

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All checked July 2026.

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BARRERA, ELSA" under Provider Name and 60632 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 405337).

Mid-size means licensed for 8 children, the size at least half of Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes hold. Small is 2 to 7; larger is 9 to 12.