Waukegan · Licensed family home

Varela, Maria

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 2 of its 5 licensing inspections since May 2018.

Of the 353 Chicago-area family homes with 5 licensing inspections, 12% had rules cited at 2 of them, as this home did. 43% had rules cited at all 5, 1% at none.

Licensing inspections

Sep 11, 20266 citations
  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

2 more from this inspection
  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Oct 7, 2024No rules cited
Aug 10, 2023No rules cited
Sep 2, 2022No rules cited
May 7, 20186 citations
  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6

2 more from this inspection
  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
September 11, 2026
On file
5 visits since May 2018 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was October 9, 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.

Sep 2026 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · September 11, 2026

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) through (f) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(2) · 406.8(a)(6) · 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(f)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 429431 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Aug 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Sep 2022 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
May 2018 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · May 7, 2018

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6 · Violation substantiated

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8 · Violation substantiated

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9 · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12 · Violation substantiated

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15 · Violation substantiated

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 429431 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

8474068867

Address
913 Flossmoor Ave
License
pending address change application (ad)

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State record

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

Details

  • Phone, Address — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "VARELA, MARIA" under Provider Name and 60085 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 429431).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "VARELA, MARIA" under Provider Name and 60085 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 429431).

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.