Chicago · Licensed family home

Otero, Cristal M

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since August 2019.

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 18, 20238 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(5)

4 more from this inspection

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(7)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

Aug 16, 20221 citation

  • Nutrition and Meals

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(a)

Aug 9, 20222 citations

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(b)

Jun 9, 20211 citation

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

Aug 14, 201914 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)

  • Qualifications for Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(a)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(e)

10 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(10)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(m)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2)

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1)

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(2)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

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

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
May 18, 2023
On file
5 visits since August 2019 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was June 17, 2023. 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 2023 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · May 18, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) through (29) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1) · 406.8(a)(29)

Children Under 30 Months of Age

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(5) through (7) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(5) · 406.22(g)(7)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) through (e) · Violation substantiated

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 537563 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 16, 2022

Nutrition and Meals

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 537563 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2022 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 9, 2022

Cooperation with the Department

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) through (b) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · 406.26(b)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 537563 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 9, 2021

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 537563 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2019 Monitoring visit 14 findings

Monitoring visit · August 14, 2019

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(10) through (i)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(10) · 406.8(e) · 406.8(f) · 406.8(i)(1)

Application for Renewal of License

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)(1) · 406.5(e)(2)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i) through (m) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i) · 406.24(m)

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(e) · Violation corrected

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(a) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) · Violation corrected

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

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · 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 537563 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
8410 S Baker 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 "OTERO, CRISTAL M" under Provider Name and 60617 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 537563).

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.