Chicago · Licensed family home

Ruiz, Maria E

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since March 2018.

Of the 408 Chicago-area family homes with 4 licensing inspections, 20% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this home did. 43% had rules cited at all 4, 6% at none.

Licensing inspections

Aug 20, 20266 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)(23)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

2 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)

Nov 10, 20257 citations

  • 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)(19)(h)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

3 more from this inspection

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(d)(1)(b)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Aug 10, 20235 citations

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)(a)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)

1 more from this inspection

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

Mar 5, 2018No rules cited
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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 20, 2026
On file
4 visits since March 2018 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 19, 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.

Aug 2026 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · August 20, 2026

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g) through (e) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g) · 406.8(a)(19)(h) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(e)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (3) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 480453 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · November 10, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g) through (g) · Violation corrected on site · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(g) · 406.8(a)(19)(h) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(g)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Number and Ages of Children Served

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(d)(1)(b) · Repeat violation

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f) · Repeat violation

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 480453 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2023 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · August 10, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4) · Violation corrected

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Number and Ages of Children Served

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

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 480453 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

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

3126330587

Address
943 W 18th St
License
license issued (il)

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All checked July 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 "RUIZ, MARIA E" under Provider Name and 60608 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 480453).

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.