Palatine · Licensed family home

Issa, Amber S

Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 9 of its licensing inspections since May 2013.

Of the 122 Chicago-area family homes with 9 licensing inspections, 46% had rules cited at all 9, as this home did.

Licensing inspections

Apr 7, 20262 citations

Child Care Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)

Apr 24, 20234 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(6)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)

May 18, 20223 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)

Apr 11, 20184 citations

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)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)

Jan 18, 20171 citation

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i)

Apr 15, 20164 citations

Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(1)(i)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)
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)

Apr 8, 20153 citations

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)
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)

Apr 14, 20144 citations

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)(f)
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i)

May 10, 20138 citations

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1)
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)
Child Care Assistants
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(b)

4 more from this inspection

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(3)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(1)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(2)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: April 7, 2026
On file: 9 visits since May 2013 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was May 7, 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.

Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 7, 2026

Child Care Assistants

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514657 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 24, 2023

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(6) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514657 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · May 18, 2022

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · Violation substantiated

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514657 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 11, 2018

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (4) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514657 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 18, 2017

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514657 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2016 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 15, 2016

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)

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(1)(i) · 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 514657 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2015 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · April 8, 2015

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)

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514657 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2014 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 14, 2014

Records and Reports

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

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

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i) · Violation corrected

Caregivers

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514657 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2013 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · May 10, 2013

Records and Reports

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (l)(3) · Violation substantiated · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(l)(1) · 408.120(l)(2) · 408.120(l)(3)

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation substantiated

Child Care Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(b) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 514657 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

8479914505

Address: 906 S Valley Ln
License: license issued (il)

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All checked August 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 "ISSA, AMBER S" under Provider Name and 60067 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 514657).

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.