Chicago · Licensed family home

Keller, Karmita S

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

The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since February 2024.

Of the 420 Chicago-area family homes with 3 licensing inspections, 50% had rules cited at all 3, as this home did. 13% had none cited.

Licensing inspections

Feb 27, 20264 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)
Activity Requirements
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)(1)
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)(23)

Apr 1, 202514 citations

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)(b)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(i)(1)

10 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)
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)(b)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(22)(h)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(j)
Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)(a)
Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)(c)
Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)(e)

Feb 20, 20247 citations

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(j)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(f)(1)
Nutrition and Meals
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17

3 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(28)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: February 27, 2026
On file: 3 visits since February 2024 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was March 27, 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.

Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · February 27, 2026

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) through (23) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(23)

Activity Requirements

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 616236 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2025 Monitoring visit 14 findings

Monitoring visit · April 1, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

8 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) through (i)(1) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(a)(19)(h) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(22)(h) · 406.8(a)(23) · 406.8(a)(29) · 406.8(f) · 406.8(i)(1)

Application for License

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)(a) through (e) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(2)(a) · 406.4(b)(2)(b) · 406.4(b)(2)(c) · 406.4(b)(2)(e)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)(b) through (j) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)(b) · 406.12(j)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 616236 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · February 20, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(28) through (f)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(28) · 406.8(a)(29) · 406.8(f)(1)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i) through (j) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i) · 406.24(j)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Nutrition and Meals

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17 · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 616236 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

7735753416

Address: 8812 S Racine Ave
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 "KELLER, KARMITA S" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 616236).

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.