Lk In The Hls · Licensed family home

Keenan-Mesmer, Katie L

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 9 of its 10 licensing inspections since August 2021.

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

May 11, 20261 citation

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(n)(7)

Apr 1, 20264 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)

  • Child Care Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h)

Dec 4, 20252 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

May 27, 20252 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • School Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g)

Dec 23, 2024No rules cited
May 21, 20243 citations

  • 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)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Jul 13, 20233 citations

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

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

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(b)(1)

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(c)(1)

Apr 27, 20232 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(l)(7)

May 9, 202211 citations

  • Background Checks

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.40(d)

  • Child Care Assistants

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.50(h)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

7 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)

  • Caregivers

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(j)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(9)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(q)(4)

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

Aug 30, 20211 citation

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(a)(1)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
May 11, 2026
On file
10 visits since August 2021 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was June 30, 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.

May 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 11, 2026

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(n)(7) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 600173 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 1, 2026

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

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

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

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

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 600173 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · December 4, 2025

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 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 600173 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · May 27, 2025

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

School Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.110(g) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 600173 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
May 2024 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · May 21, 2024

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 600173 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · July 13, 2023

Number and Ages of Children Served

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(b)(1) through (c)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.65(b)(1) · 408.65(b)(2) · 408.65(c)(1)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 600173 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · April 27, 2023

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(l)(7) · 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 600173 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2022 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · May 9, 2022

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

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

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(9) through (q)(4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(9) · 408.30(q)(4)

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

Caregivers

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

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

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 600173 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 30, 2021

Number and Ages of Children Served

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 600173 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

2246364411

Address
12 Stanton Ct
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 "KEENAN-MESMER, KATIE L" under Provider Name and 60156 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 600173).

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.