Cicero · Licensed family home

Medina, Maria S

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 14 of its licensing inspections since August 2011.

Of the 365 Chicago-area family homes with 10 or more licensing inspections, 44% had rules cited at all of them, as this home did.

Licensing inspections

Jan 6, 20261 citation

  • Child Care Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(e)

Oct 15, 20253 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(g)(4)

  • Nutrition and Meals

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.80(k)(5)

Aug 15, 20234 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)

  • Children with Special Needs

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.100(c)

  • Children with Special Needs

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.100(d)

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(c)(1)

Aug 10, 20221 citation

  • Records and Reports

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

Aug 20, 20201 citation

  • Children with Special Needs

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.100(d)

May 16, 20195 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Records and Reports

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

  • 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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Jul 12, 20182 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(i)

Aug 3, 20172 citations

  • 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)

Jun 17, 20169 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(11)

  • 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)

5 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(c)

  • Substitutes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(d)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Jul 16, 20153 citations

  • 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)(2)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(e)(1)

Aug 28, 20147 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h)

  • 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)(2)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

3 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(d)(2)

Sep 20, 20134 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)(3)

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(1)(i)

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(c)

Jul 10, 20123 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(4)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(18)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Aug 11, 20116 citations

  • School Age Children

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

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(i)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

  • 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)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 6, 2026
On file
14 visits since August 2011 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was November 15, 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.

Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · January 6, 2026

Child Care Assistants

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 15, 2025

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Nutrition and Meals

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.80(k)(5) · Violation corrected on site

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(g)(4) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · August 15, 2023

Children with Special Needs

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.100(c) through (d) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.100(c) · 408.100(d)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

Number and Ages of Children Served

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(c)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 10, 2022

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 20, 2020

Children with Special Needs

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.100(d) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2019 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · May 16, 2019

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 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 12, 2018

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2017 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 3, 2017

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2016 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · June 17, 2016

Health, Medical Care and Safety

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (d)(1) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

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

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(c) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(c) · 408.35(i)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(11) · Violation corrected

Substitutes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(d) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2015 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 16, 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)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2014 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · August 28, 2014

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

Number and Ages of Children Served

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

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(d)(2) · Violation corrected on site

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2013 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · September 20, 2013

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

Number and Ages of Children Served

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2012 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 10, 2012

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(4) through (18) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(4) · 408.30(a)(18)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2011 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · August 11, 2011

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

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

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)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · 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 453534 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

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Details

7087808636

Address
3734 S 59th Ct
License
license issued (il)

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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 "MEDINA, MARIA S" under Provider Name and 60804 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 453534).

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.