Waukegan · Licensed family home

Vargas, Carmen

Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 5 licensing inspections since July 2024.

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

Oct 1, 202612 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k)
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(a)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(5)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(j)

8 more from this inspection

Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(i)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(d)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(i)
Program
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(i)
Transportation of Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.90(f)(2)
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(h)

Aug 20, 20267 citations

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(z)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)

3 more from this inspection

Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3)

Sep 12, 20254 citations

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)

Aug 15, 2025No rules cited

Jul 11, 20241 citation

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

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: October 1, 2026
On file: 5 visits since July 2024 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was October 16, 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.

Oct 2026 Monitoring visit 12 findings

Monitoring visit · October 1, 2026

Records and Reports

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (j) · Violation substantiated · Repeat violation

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(h) · 408.120(i) · 408.120(j)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(i) · Violation corrected on site

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(d) · Violation corrected on site

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k) · Violation substantiated

Number and Ages of Children Served

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(a)(1) · Violation corrected on site

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(5) · Violation substantiated

Program

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

Transportation of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.90(f)(2) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 619701 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2026 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · August 20, 2026

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) through (h) · Violation substantiated

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

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 619701 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2025 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · September 12, 2025

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · 408.35(j)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 619701 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Jul 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 11, 2024

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

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 619701 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

8479512279

Address: 2713 N Pine St
License: pending renewal application (rn)

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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 "VARGAS, CARMEN" under Provider Name and 60087 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 619701).

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.