Chicago · Licensed family home

Leon De Diaz, Sara

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 4 of its licensing inspections since November 2016.

Of the 410 Chicago-area family homes with 4 licensing inspections, 42% had rules cited at all 4, as this home did. 6% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Nov 24, 20254 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • 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)(3)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d)

Nov 26, 20197 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Child Care Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a)

  • Child Care Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

3 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)

  • Records and Reports

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

Oct 16, 20183 citations

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(f)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j)

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(e)

Nov 18, 201614 citations

  • Records and Reports

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

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(q)

10 more from this inspection

  • Child Care Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(q)(7)

  • Caregivers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(5)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
November 24, 2025
On file
4 visits since November 2016 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was December 10, 2025. 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.

Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · November 24, 2025

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 545166 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2019 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · November 26, 2019

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

Child Care Assistants

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a) through (h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a) · 408.50(h)

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 545166 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 16, 2018

Application for Renewal of License

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(e) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(e) · 408.15(f)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 545166 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2016 Monitoring visit 14 findings

Monitoring visit · November 18, 2016

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)

Records and Reports

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) through (q) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(a)(5) · 408.120(c) · 408.120(q)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20) through (q)(7) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20) · 408.30(q)(7)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected

Caregivers

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

Child Care Assistants

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 545166 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

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Address
6235 S Parkside Ave
License
license issued (il)

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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 "LEON DE DIAZ, SARA" under Provider Name and 60638 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 545166).

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.