Chicago · Licensed family home

Cooper, Martine

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since June 2021.

Of the 353 Chicago-area family homes with 5 licensing inspections, 43% had rules cited at all 5, as this home did. 1% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Oct 6, 20254 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)

Feb 26, 20241 citation

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6)

Mar 21, 20236 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)

2 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)

Mar 15, 20225 citations

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1)

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(2)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

1 more from this inspection

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(p)

Jun 28, 20217 citations

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(1)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(h)

3 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)(1)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
October 6, 2025
On file
5 visits since June 2021 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was November 6, 2025. 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.

Oct 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · October 6, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) through (g) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(g)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 521016 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 26, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 521016 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2023 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · March 21, 2023

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b) · 406.24(f)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) · Violation corrected

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 521016 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · March 15, 2022

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)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) through (p) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · 406.9(p)

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 521016 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2021 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · June 28, 2021

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (h)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(19)(h) · 406.8(h)(1)

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(m) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(1) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 521016 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.

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Address
7543 S Langley Ave
License
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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 "COOPER, MARTINE" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 521016).

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.