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Valdez, Damaris

Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 5 licensing inspections since August 2022.

Of the 353 Chicago-area family homes with 5 licensing inspections, 22% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this home did. 43% had rules cited at all 5, 1% at none.

Licensing inspections

Sep 10, 20255 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(g)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3)

1 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)

Sep 19, 20244 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(g)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

Nov 3, 20233 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)

Sep 20, 202312 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(i)(1)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

8 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3)

Aug 26, 2022No rules cited

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: September 10, 2025
On file: 5 visits since August 2022 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was October 10, 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 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 10, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) through (20) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(20)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553077 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · September 19, 2024

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) · 406.12(g)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (e) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553077 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · November 3, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g) · Rule cited again

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3) · Rule cited again

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553077 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · September 20, 2023

Records and Reports

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) · 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(d)(2) · 406.24(d)(3) · 406.24(e) · 406.24(f)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a) through (i)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a) · 406.8(g) · 406.8(i)(1)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553077 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2022 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

2244193190

Address: 3305 Sharon Pl
License: license issued (il)

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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 "VALDEZ, DAMARIS" under Provider Name and 60099 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 553077).

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.