Berwyn · Licensed family home

Fontanez, Alexandra

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 12 of its 13 licensing inspections since February 2011.

Of the 365 Chicago-area family homes with 10 or more licensing inspections, 56% had rules cited at some but not all of them, as this home did. 44% had rules cited at all of them.

Licensing inspections

Jan 12, 2026No rules cited
Feb 11, 20255 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(10)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)

1 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)

Feb 2, 20231 citation

  • Background Checks

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(a)

Mar 3, 20225 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)

1 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)

Jan 7, 20207 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)

  • School Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)

3 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)(1)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)

Feb 1, 20193 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b)

Jan 19, 20186 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(5)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(i)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)

2 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)

Jan 20, 20176 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)

2 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)

  • School Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g)(1)

Jan 15, 20166 citations

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(b)(2)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)(1)

2 more from this inspection

  • School Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g)(1)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)

Feb 7, 20144 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(9)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(h)(1)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)(1)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)

Jan 10, 20126 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)(1)(b)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(l)(3)

  • Program

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(f)

2 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(14)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)

Jul 25, 20111 citation

  • Caregivers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(j)

Feb 17, 20115 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(16)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)

  • School Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g)(1)

1 more from this inspection

  • Child Care Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 12, 2026
On file
13 visits since February 2011 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 4, 2023. 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 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2025 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · February 11, 2025

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(10) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461318 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 2, 2023

Background Checks

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461318 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 3, 2022

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461318 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2020 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · January 7, 2020

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)(1) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)(1) · 408.60(j)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(3)

School Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461318 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · February 1, 2019

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461318 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2018 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · January 19, 2018

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(5) through (i) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(5) · 408.30(i)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461318 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2017 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · January 20, 2017

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

School Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g)(1) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461318 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2016 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · January 15, 2016

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)(1) · Violation corrected

Number and Ages of Children Served

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(b)(2) · Violation corrected on site

School Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461318 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2014 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · February 7, 2014

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (h)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(h)(1)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(9) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461318 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2012 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · January 10, 2012

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(14) through (l)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(14) · 408.30(l)(3)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(3)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)(1)(b) · Violation corrected

Program

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461318 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2011 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 25, 2011

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(j) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461318 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2011 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · February 17, 2011

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(16) · Violation corrected

Child Care Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · Violation corrected

School Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461318 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

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Details

7082440720

Address
2120 East Ave
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "FONTANEZ, ALEXANDRA" under Provider Name and 60402 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 461318).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "FONTANEZ, ALEXANDRA" under Provider Name and 60402 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 461318).

Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.