Chicago · Licensed family home

Mendoza, Margarita

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since February 2016.

Of the 354 Chicago-area family homes with 5 licensing inspections, 43% had rules cited at all 5, as this home did. 1% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

May 1, 20262 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Activity Requirements

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b)(8)

Apr 29, 20211 citation

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Apr 3, 20185 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

1 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(8)

Mar 2, 20176 citations

  • 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(a)(19)(e)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

2 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Feb 9, 20169 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

5 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(b)

  • Nutrition and Meals

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(a)

  • Night Care

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.23(h)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
May 1, 2026
On file
5 visits since February 2016 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was June 1, 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.

May 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · May 1, 2026

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(h)(2) · Violation corrected on site

Activity Requirements

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b)(8) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 324999 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 29, 2021

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 324999 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · April 3, 2018

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (h)(2) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(h)(2)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(8) · Violation corrected on site

Cooperation with the Department

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 324999 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2017 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · March 2, 2017

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(e) through (29) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(e) · 406.8(a)(29)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 324999 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2016 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · February 9, 2016

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(b) through (c)(4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(b) · 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(4)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meals

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(a) · Violation corrected

Night Care

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.23(h) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 324999 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
2719 S Komensky 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 "MENDOZA, MARGARITA" under Provider Name and 60623 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 324999).

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.