Waukegan · Licensed family home
Cantu, Alejandra
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 6 licensing inspections since April 2018.
Of the 327 Chicago-area family homes with 6 licensing inspections, 11% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this home did. 43% had rules cited at all 6.
Licensing inspections
Aug 11, 20231 citation
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b)(2)(b)
May 15, 20237 citations
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)(e)
3 more from this inspection
Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(2)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Apr 20, 20188 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(f)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8
4 more from this inspection
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- June 3, 2025
- On file
- 6 visits since April 2018 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 18, 2023. 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 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 11, 2023
Number and Ages of Children Served
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b)(2)(b) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 559030 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2023 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · May 15, 2023
Application for Renewal of License
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1) · 406.5(e)(2)
Application for License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)(e) · Violation corrected
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 559030 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · April 20, 2018
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6 · Violation substantiated
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8 · Violation substantiated
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9 · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(f) · Violation substantiated
Number and Ages of Children Served
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b) · Violation corrected on site
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14 · Violation substantiated
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a) · Violation substantiated
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24 · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 559030 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
- Address
- 521 Lynn Ter
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
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All checked August 2026.
State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "CANTU, ALEJANDRA" under Provider Name and 60085 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 559030).
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.