Chicago · Licensed family home

Szczypka, Teresa

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 12 of its 13 licensing inspections since September 2013.

Of the 365 Chicago-area family homes with 10 or more licensing inspections, 56% had rules cited at some but not all of them, as this home did. 44% had rules cited at all of them.

Licensing inspections

Nov 6, 20253 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(1)

  • Child Care Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(2)

Sep 4, 20243 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(n)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(17)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)

Sep 22, 20227 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(3)

  • Caregivers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(h)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j)

3 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(o)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k)

Jul 1, 20216 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(o)

2 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)

Sep 14, 20205 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(q)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i)

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(c)

  • Program

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(f)

1 more from this inspection

  • Nutrition and Meals

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.80(c)

Jul 8, 20198 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(o)

  • Caregivers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1)

4 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(j)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)

Sep 17, 20181 citation

  • Program — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(i)

Aug 15, 2018No rules cited
Jul 23, 20183 citations

  • Background Checks

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(d)

  • Child Care Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k)

Jun 25, 20184 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13)

  • Child Care Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(e)(5)

Sep 21, 20175 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(18)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(6)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(16)

1 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)

Aug 21, 20142 citations

  • Background Checks

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(b)

  • Child Care Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h)

Sep 6, 20131 citation

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(c)(2)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
November 6, 2025
On file
13 visits since September 2013 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was November 7, 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.

Nov 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · November 6, 2025

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(1) · 408.120(l)(2)

Child Care Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 4, 2024

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(17) through (n) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(17) · 408.30(n)

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · September 22, 2022

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

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

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(3) through (o) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(l)(3) · 408.120(o)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j) · Violation corrected

Caregivers

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2021 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · July 1, 2021

Records and Reports

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (o) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(c) · 408.120(o)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(o)(1) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2020 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 14, 2020

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.15(c) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(q) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i) · Violation corrected

Nutrition and Meals

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.80(c) · Violation corrected

Program

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2019 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · July 8, 2019

Records and Reports

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (o) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(c) · 408.120(o)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(j) · Violation corrected

Caregivers

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 17, 2018

Program — Child Abuse / Neglect Report Made

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(i) · Violation corrected

Illinois does not publish what came of a report; that investigation is confidential.

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2018 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Jul 2018 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 23, 2018

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected

Background Checks

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(d) · Violation corrected on site

Child Care Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · June 25, 2018

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13) through (e)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(13) · 408.30(e)(5)

Child Care Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2017 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 21, 2017

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) through (18) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(3) · 408.30(a)(16) · 408.30(a)(18)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(6) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2014 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 21, 2014

Background Checks

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(b) · Violation corrected

Child Care Assistants

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2013 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 6, 2013

Number and Ages of Children Served

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(c)(2) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 507373 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

7735450313

Address
3707 N Oak Park Ave
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SZCZYPKA, TERESA" under Provider Name and 60634 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 507373).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "SZCZYPKA, TERESA" under Provider Name and 60634 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 507373).

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.