Chicago · Licensed family home

Guerra, Maria

What the state has found

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

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

Apr 30, 20246 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(j)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(h)

2 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(j)

Apr 21, 202312 citations

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(5)(b)

  • Provisions Pertaining to Permits

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.7(a)(4)

  • Provisions Pertaining to Permits

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.7(a)(1)

8 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Guidance and Discipline

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

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(5)(a)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(2)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
April 30, 2024
On file
2 visits since April 2023 — both cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was May 30, 2024. 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.

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · April 30, 2024

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i) through (j) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i) · 406.24(j)

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)(h) · Violation substantiated

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(j) · Violation substantiated

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 598650 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · April 21, 2023

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) through (5)(b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · 406.9(t)(5)(a) · 406.9(t)(5)(b)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) through (1)(c) · Violation corrected

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

Provisions Pertaining to Permits

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.7(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.7(a)(1) · 406.7(a)(4)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(2) · Violation corrected

Guidance and Discipline

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

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 598650 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

2246280433

Address
2535 W Carmen Ave
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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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 "GUERRA, MARIA" under Provider Name and 60625 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 598650).

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.