Chicago · Licensed family home

Escobar, Martha

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since July 2022.

Of the 408 Chicago-area family homes with 4 licensing inspections, 43% had rules cited at all 4, as this home did. 6% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Sep 29, 20263 citations

  • 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)(14)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

Jul 24, 20254 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(m)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(3)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(p)

Jul 19, 20232 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(s)

Jul 19, 20227 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

3 more from this inspection

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
September 29, 2026
On file
4 visits since July 2022 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was October 14, 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.

Sep 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 29, 2026

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) through (14) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(14)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599354 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · July 24, 2025

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(p) through (t)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(p) · 406.9(t)(3)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599354 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 19, 2023

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599354 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2022 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · July 19, 2022

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

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) · 406.12(i)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(h) · Violation corrected

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 599354 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

7732405823

Address
5538 S California Ave
License
license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.

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 "ESCOBAR, MARTHA" under Provider Name and 60629 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 599354).

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.