New Lenox · Licensed family home

Rafferty, Helen M

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 9 licensing inspections since March 2010.

Of the 122 Chicago-area family homes with 9 licensing inspections, 6% had rules cited at 6 of them, as this home did. 46% had rules cited at all 9.

Licensing inspections

Jan 21, 2026No rules cited
Apr 22, 2025No rules cited
Mar 27, 2024No rules cited
Mar 1, 20191 citation

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Mar 11, 20161 citation

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Mar 4, 20154 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(5)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(b)

  • 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)(4)

Mar 4, 20141 citation

  • School Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)(2)

Mar 1, 20131 citation

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

Mar 9, 20102 citations

  • School Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)(1)

  • School Age Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)(2)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 21, 2026
On file
9 visits since March 2010 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 1, 2019. 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.

Jan 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Apr 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Mar 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Mar 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 1, 2019

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(a) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 390590 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2016 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 11, 2016

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 390590 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2015 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 4, 2015

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4) · 406.14(c)(5)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(b) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 390590 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2014 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 4, 2014

School Age Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 390590 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2013 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · March 1, 2013

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 390590 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2010 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 9, 2010

School Age Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)(1) · 406.21(d)(2)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 390590 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

8157917093

Address
583 Newcastle Rd
License
license issued (il)

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Sources and dates

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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 "RAFFERTY, HELEN M" under Provider Name and 60451 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 390590).

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.