Chicago · Licensed family home

Farmer, Mary L

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 5 licensing inspections since December 2019.

Of the 353 Chicago-area family homes with 5 licensing inspections, 22% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this home did. 43% had rules cited at all 5, 1% at none.

Licensing inspections

Jan 13, 20264 citations

  • 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)(29)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Jun 1, 20237 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(8)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(h)

3 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(m)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

Apr 27, 20232 citations

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(b)

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)

May 17, 2022No rules cited
Dec 19, 20194 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 13, 2026
On file
5 visits since December 2019 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was February 13, 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.

Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 13, 2026

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation substantiated

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29) · Violation substantiated

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 445248 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2023 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · June 1, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) through (m) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(8) · 406.8(h) · 406.8(h)(1) · 406.8(m)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 445248 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 27, 2023

Cooperation with the Department

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · 406.26(b)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 445248 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Dec 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · December 19, 2019

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(e) · 406.8(f) · 406.8(i)(1)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 445248 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

7733749768

Address
8715 S Luella Ave
License
license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

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All checked July 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 "FARMER, MARY L" under Provider Name and 60617 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 445248).

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.