Waukegan · Licensed family home

Mendoza, Maribel

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 10 licensing inspections since September 2018.

Of the 365 Chicago-area family homes with 10 or more licensing inspections, 56% had rules cited at some but not all of them, as this home did. 44% had rules cited at all of them.

Licensing inspections

Jul 31, 2026No rules cited
Mar 4, 20267 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Caregivers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(j)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(i)

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(e)

3 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(i)

  • Records and Reports

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

Jun 5, 20252 citations

  • Caregivers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(j)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Apr 16, 20257 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(p)

  • Child Care Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h)

  • Child Care Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(e)

3 more from this inspection

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

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

  • Child Care Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b)

Apr 8, 2025No rules cited
Apr 11, 20241 citation

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i)

Oct 20, 2023No rules cited
Sep 21, 2023No rules cited
Apr 19, 20234 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(o)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(c)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Sep 27, 20183 citations

  • Substitutes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(c)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(c)

  • Child Care Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
July 31, 2026
On file
10 visits since September 2018 — 4 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was April 3, 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.

Jul 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · March 4, 2026

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) through (i) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(1) · 408.30(i)

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(e) · Violation substantiated

Caregivers

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3) · Violation substantiated

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 537481 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 5, 2025

Caregivers

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 537481 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · April 16, 2025

Child Care Assistants

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

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

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b) through (p) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b) · 408.120(h) · 408.120(p)

Number and Ages of Children Served

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 537481 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 11, 2024

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 537481 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Sep 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 19, 2023

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Records and Reports

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 537481 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 27, 2018

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

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

Child Care Assistants

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

Substitutes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.55(c) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 537481 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
2716 W Lucia Ave
License
license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

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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 "MENDOZA, MARIBEL" under Provider Name and 60085 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 537481).

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.