Dolton · Licensed family home

Saddler, Metra J

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since March 2024.

Of the 420 Chicago-area family homes with 3 licensing inspections, 50% had rules cited at all 3, as this home did. 13% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Dec 9, 20251 citation

  • Caregivers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)

Jul 23, 20251 citation

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(d)(8)

Mar 1, 20242 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(9)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(j)(1)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
December 9, 2025
On file
3 visits since March 2024 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was January 8, 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.

Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · December 9, 2025

Caregivers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 625331 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 23, 2025

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(d)(8) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 625331 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 1, 2024

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(9) through (j)(1) · Violation corrected on site · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(9) · 408.30(j)(1)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 625331 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

7082500390

Address
15419 Minerva 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 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 "SADDLER, METRA J" under Provider Name and 60419 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 625331).

Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.