Chicago · Licensed family home

Sanford, Nicole J

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 June 2011.

Of the 325 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

Sep 26, 20254 citations

Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(a)
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(a)(23)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

Oct 2, 20234 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

Sep 13, 20221 citation

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)

Apr 15, 2021No rules cited

Aug 26, 20144 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(ai)

Jun 24, 20114 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(o)

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: September 26, 2025
On file: 6 visits since June 2011 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was October 3, 2025. 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.

Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · September 26, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

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(a) · Violation substantiated

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490361 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · October 2, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) through (23) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(23)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (t) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490361 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 13, 2022

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490361 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2021 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Aug 2014 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · August 26, 2014

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) · 406.12(b)(3)(ai)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490361 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2011 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · June 24, 2011

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (o) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(o)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 490361 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

7736153743

Address: 8639 S Indiana Ave
License: license issued (il)

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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 "SANFORD, NICOLE J" under Provider Name and 60619 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 490361).

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.