Blue Island · Licensed family home

Sardin, Kristen

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 5 of its licensing inspections since July 2018.

Of the 354 Chicago-area family homes with 5 licensing inspections, 43% had rules cited at all 5, as this home did. 1% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

May 12, 20264 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

May 7, 20256 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(13)

  • 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)

2 more from this inspection

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

  • Qualifications for Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(e)

Apr 19, 20246 citations

  • 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(m)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

  • Activity Requirements

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)

2 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Apr 19, 20232 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

Jul 31, 20184 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

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

May 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · May 12, 2026

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) through (h)(1) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) · 406.8(e) · 406.8(h)(1)

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 567302 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 7, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) through (19)(h) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(a)(13) · 406.8(a)(19)(g) · 406.8(a)(19)(h)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Qualifications for Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.10(e) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 567302 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · April 19, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) through (m) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(g) · 406.8(j)(5) · 406.8(m)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) · Violation corrected on site

Activity Requirements

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 567302 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 19, 2023

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 567302 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · July 31, 2018

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) · 406.24(f)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 567302 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

7734994062

Address
2111 121st St
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 "SARDIN, KRISTEN" under Provider Name and 60406 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 567302).

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