Waukegan · Licensed family home

Ramirez, Catalina

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 11 of its licensing inspections since March 2018.

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

Jun 12, 20263 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(s)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(j)

May 16, 20256 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(22)

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(i)

  • Substitutes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(c)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

2 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)

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

Jun 11, 20241 citation

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)

May 3, 20245 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

1 more from this inspection

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(p)

May 11, 20231 citation

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6)

May 2, 20232 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(15)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(b)

Apr 12, 20234 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(h)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(15)

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(b)(4)

Sep 30, 20218 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

4 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

  • 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)

Jun 6, 20193 citations

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(d)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3)

Apr 26, 20182 citations

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

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

Mar 8, 20184 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(18)

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(f)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
June 12, 2026
On file
11 visits since March 2018 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was July 10, 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.

Jun 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · June 12, 2026

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(s) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544767 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2025 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · May 16, 2025

Application for Renewal of License

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

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(22) · Violation corrected

Substitutes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(c) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i) · 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 544767 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · June 11, 2024

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544767 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2024 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · May 3, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) through (j)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) · 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(j)(1)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544767 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 11, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544767 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · May 2, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(15) through (b) · Rule cited again · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(15) · 406.8(b)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544767 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 12, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(15) through (19)(h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(15) · 406.8(a)(19)(g) · 406.8(a)(19)(h)

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(b)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544767 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2021 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · September 30, 2021

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)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) through (h) · Violation corrected

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

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544767 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · June 6, 2019

Application for Renewal of License

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544767 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 26, 2018

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

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · 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 544767 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 8, 2018

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5) through (g) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5) · 406.8(a)(18) · 406.8(g)

Application for License

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 544767 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

8477213253

Address
401 N Sheridan Rd
License
license issued (il)

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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 "RAMIREZ, CATALINA" under Provider Name and 60085 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 544767).

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.