Joliet · Licensed family home

Mcelrath, Lakechia

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 6 of its licensing inspections since December 2020.

Of the 327 Chicago-area family homes with 6 licensing inspections, 43% had rules cited at all 6, as this home did.

Licensing inspections

Jul 28, 20257 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(4)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(1)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(2)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(k)

3 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(k)(3)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(k)(4)(e)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)

Jul 8, 20252 citations

  • Number and Ages of Children Served

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(a)

  • Cooperation with the Department

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26

Jan 9, 20257 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(i)(1)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(u)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

3 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(i)(3)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(i)(4)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(i)(5)

Oct 30, 20242 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)

Sep 24, 20218 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(1)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(29)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

4 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(3)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)

Dec 16, 20209 citations

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17)

  • 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)(29)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a)

5 more from this inspection

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Nutrition and Meals

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(j)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
July 28, 2025
On file
6 visits since December 2020 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was August 27, 2025. 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.

Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · July 28, 2025

Records and Reports

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) through (e)(4) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d) · 406.24(e)(1) · 406.24(e)(2) · 406.24(e)(4)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(k) through (4)(e) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(k) · 406.8(k)(3) · 406.8(k)(4)(e)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 586219 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · July 8, 2025

Number and Ages of Children Served

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(a) · Violation corrected

Cooperation with the Department

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.26 · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 586219 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · January 9, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17) through (i)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17) · 406.8(i)(1) · 406.8(i)(2) · 406.8(i)(3) · 406.8(i)(4) · 406.8(i)(5)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 586219 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 30, 2024

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (3) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 586219 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2021 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · September 24, 2021

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

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

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e)(3) · 406.24(f)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

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 586219 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2020 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · December 16, 2020

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17) through (29) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(17) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(29)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a) through (i) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a) · 406.12(i)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3) through (4) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4)

Nutrition and Meals

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.17(j) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 586219 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

7797075240

Address
713 Richmond St
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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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 "MCELRATH, LAKECHIA" under Provider Name and 60435 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 586219).
  • License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "MCELRATH, LAKECHIA" under Provider Name and 60435 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 586219).

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.