Oak Park · Licensed family home

Montanez, Candy

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 7 licensing inspections since August 2014.

Of the 225 Chicago-area family homes with 7 licensing inspections, 25% had rules cited at 6 of them, as this home did. 43% had rules cited at all 7.

Licensing inspections

Jul 14, 20262 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Jun 5, 2025No rules cited
Jun 13, 20231 citation

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

Jun 23, 20211 citation

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)

Jul 22, 20191 citation

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)

Aug 27, 20182 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)

Aug 14, 20142 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
July 14, 2026
On file
7 visits since August 2014 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was August 13, 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 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 14, 2026

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23) · Violation substantiated

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 370540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jun 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 13, 2023

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 370540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 23, 2021

Application for Renewal of License

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 370540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 22, 2019

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 370540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 27, 2018

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 370540 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2014 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 14, 2014

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 370540 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

7089215052

Address
720 S Lombard 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 9, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "MONTANEZ, CANDY" under Provider Name and 60304 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 370540).

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.