Chicago · Licensed family home

Martin, Sharon K

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 9 of its licensing inspections since October 2012.

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

Licensing inspections

Oct 22, 20241 citation

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(h)

Oct 26, 20201 citation

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)

Oct 17, 20194 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(f)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)

Aug 20, 20187 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)

3 more from this inspection

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(p)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(13)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)

Aug 1, 20181 citation

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)

Oct 11, 20172 citations

  • 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(a)(26)

Sep 23, 20161 citation

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(b)

Nov 1, 20131 citation

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(h)(1)

Oct 4, 20121 citation

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
October 22, 2024
On file
9 visits since October 2012 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was October 31, 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.

Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · October 22, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(h) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461170 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · October 26, 2020

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461170 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · October 17, 2019

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) through (t) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m) · 406.9(t)

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(f) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461170 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2018 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · August 20, 2018

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (14) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(4) · 406.8(a)(13) · 406.8(a)(14)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) · 406.24(f)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461170 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 1, 2018

Cooperation with the Department

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461170 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2017 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · October 11, 2017

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (26) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(26)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461170 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2016 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 23, 2016

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461170 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2013 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · November 1, 2013

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(h)(1) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461170 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2012 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · October 4, 2012

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 461170 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

3123017133

Address
1637 N Melvina Ave
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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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 "MARTIN, SHARON K" under Provider Name and 60639 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 461170).

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.