Chicago · Licensed family home

Romero, Maria

Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 5 of its 6 licensing inspections since March 2011.

Of the 327 Chicago-area family homes with 6 licensing inspections, 25% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this home did. 43% had rules cited at all 6.

Licensing inspections

Apr 24, 20246 citations

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)

2 more from this inspection

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b)(1)(a)

May 12, 20239 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)

5 more from this inspection

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(a)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(j)

Apr 18, 2022No rules cited

Mar 16, 20214 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

Mar 26, 20185 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(22)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

1 more from this inspection

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)

Mar 23, 20117 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(k)(3)
Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(c)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)

3 more from this inspection

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: April 24, 2024
On file: 6 visits since March 2011 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was May 24, 2024. 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.

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · April 24, 2024

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Number and Ages of Children Served

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b)(1)(a) · Violation substantiated

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 463690 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2023 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · May 12, 2023

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e) · 406.24(f) · 406.24(j)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) through (23) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(23)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Number and Ages of Children Served

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(a) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 463690 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 16, 2021

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)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21) · Violation corrected

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 463690 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2018 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · March 26, 2018

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) through (22) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(a)(22)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 463690 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2011 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · March 23, 2011

Records and Reports

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b) through (e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b) · 406.24(d) · 406.24(d)(2) · 406.24(e)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(k)(3) · 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)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 463690 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

7739978477

Address: 3066 N Elbridge 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 "ROMERO, MARIA" under Provider Name and 60618 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 463690).

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.