Waukegan · Licensed family home

Diaz, Mery E

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 2 of its 3 licensing inspections since April 2023.

Of the 423 Chicago-area family homes with 3 licensing inspections, 20% had rules cited at 2 of them, as this home did. 50% had rules cited at all 3, 13% at none.

Licensing inspections

Jun 30, 20261 citation

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)

Apr 16, 2024No rules cited
Apr 13, 20235 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

1 more from this inspection

  • Guidance and Discipline

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
June 30, 2026
On file
3 visits since April 2023 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was July 31, 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.

Jun 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 30, 2026

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 609763 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · April 13, 2023

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e) · 406.24(f)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 609763 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

8476500724

Address
1616 Ballentine St
License
license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

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All checked August 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 "DIAZ, MERY E" under Provider Name and 60087 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 609763).

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.