Matteson · Licensed family home

Essex, Pamela Y

What the state has found

The state cited rules at both of its licensing inspections since February 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

May 11, 20263 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(1)

  • Qualifications for Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(e)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)

Feb 6, 202516 citations

  • Activity Requirements

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

12 more from this inspection

  • School Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)(b)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(a)

  • Activity Requirements

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b)(6)

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(h)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Nutrition and Meals

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(a)

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(f)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(4)

  • Activity Requirements

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(l)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
May 11, 2026
On file
2 visits since February 2025 — both cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was June 10, 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.

May 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · May 11, 2026

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Qualifications for Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(e) · Violation substantiated

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 630019 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 16 findings

Monitoring visit · February 6, 2025

Activity Requirements

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b) through (c) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b) · 406.16(b)(6) · 406.16(c)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(f) through (f)(4) · Violation corrected

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(l) · 406.9(t)

Application for License

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

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(a) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(3) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(4) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meals

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(a) · Violation corrected

School Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d) · Violation corrected

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(h) · 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 630019 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

3123993443

Address
3230 Holden Cir
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 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 "ESSEX, PAMELA Y" under Provider Name and 60443 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 630019).

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.