Chicago · Licensed family home

Varela, Lisbeth

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since September 2019.

Of the 423 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

Oct 14, 20253 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • 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)(23)

Oct 6, 20202 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

Sep 11, 20197 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(m)

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(4)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

3 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(22)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
October 14, 2025
On file
3 visits since September 2019 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was November 13, 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.

Oct 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · October 14, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

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

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 561953 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · October 6, 2020

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(4)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 561953 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 7 findings

Monitoring visit · September 11, 2019

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) through (m) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) · 406.8(a)(22) · 406.8(m)

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (h)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(h)(1)

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(g)(4) · Violation corrected on site

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 561953 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

7739864146

Address
5541 W Henderson St
License
license issued (il)

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All checked July 2026.

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "VARELA, LISBETH" under Provider Name and 60641 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 561953).

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.