Chicago · Licensed family home

West, Sandra F

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 10 of its licensing inspections since May 2011.

Of the 365 Chicago-area family homes with 10 or more licensing inspections, 44% had rules cited at all of them, as this home did.

Licensing inspections

Sep 18, 20261 citation

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Oct 28, 20257 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

3 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(d)(2)

Oct 8, 20242 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(j)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)

Nov 28, 20233 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(j)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)

Oct 26, 20232 citations

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a)

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(b)

Sep 21, 20226 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(e)(8)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

2 more from this inspection

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(g)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

Aug 29, 20191 citation

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)

Sep 15, 20174 citations

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

  • School Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)

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

Aug 12, 20162 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

May 25, 20111 citation

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
September 18, 2026
On file
10 visits since May 2011 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was October 19, 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 1 finding

Monitoring visit · September 18, 2026

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 484953 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2025 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · October 28, 2025

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (t) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(13) · Violation corrected on site

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) · Violation substantiated

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · Violation substantiated

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a) · Violation substantiated

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(d)(2) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 484953 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2024 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · October 8, 2024

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(j) · Violation substantiated

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 484953 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 28, 2023

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)(h) · Violation substantiated

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1) · Violation substantiated

Records and Reports

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 484953 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · October 26, 2023

Cooperation with the Department

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) through (b) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26(a) · 406.26(b)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 484953 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · September 21, 2022

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) through (23) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(23)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · Violation corrected

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(e)(8) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 484953 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 29, 2019

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 484953 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2017 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · September 15, 2017

Application for Renewal of License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e) · Violation corrected

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected

School Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d) · Violation corrected

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 484953 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2016 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 12, 2016

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 484953 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2011 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 25, 2011

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 484953 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

7737188167

Address
5324 S Michigan Ave
License
license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

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All checked July 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 "WEST, SANDRA F" under Provider Name and 60615 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 484953).

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.