Markham · Licensed family home

Wallace, Lena M

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 6 of its licensing inspections since February 2018.

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

Licensing inspections

Jan 30, 202510 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(i)

  • Guidance and Discipline

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(1)

  • 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)(19)(g)

6 more from this inspection

  • 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)(19)(h)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(l)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

Feb 6, 202410 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(r)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(d)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Activity Requirements

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)(2)

6 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a)

  • Confidentiality of Records and Information

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.25(a)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(k)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(i)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)(3)

Mar 8, 20214 citations

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

Oct 22, 20205 citations

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(f)

  • Application for Renewal of License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)

1 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)

Dec 6, 20182 citations

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)

Feb 1, 20181 citation

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(i)

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State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
January 30, 2025
On file
6 visits since February 2018 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was March 1, 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.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · January 30, 2025

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) through (l) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(14) · 406.8(a)(19)(g) · 406.8(a)(19)(h) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(l)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1) · 406.12(i)

Guidance and Discipline

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.15(a)(1) · Violation substantiated

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 548167 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2024 Monitoring visit 10 findings

Monitoring visit · February 6, 2024

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) through (d) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(11) · 406.8(a)(29) · 406.8(d)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(r) through (t)(3) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(r) · 406.9(t)(3)

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) through (k) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) · 406.24(k)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(i) · Violation substantiated

Activity Requirements

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(c)(2) · Violation substantiated

Confidentiality of Records and Information

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.25(a) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 548167 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Mar 2021 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 8, 2021

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (t) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)

Provisions Pertaining to the License

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

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 548167 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2020 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · October 22, 2020

Application for Renewal of License

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e) through (f) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e) · 406.5(f)

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 548167 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · December 6, 2018

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (t) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(t)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 548167 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2018 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · February 1, 2018

Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 548167 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

7086992169

Address
3348 W 164th St
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 "WALLACE, LENA M" under Provider Name and 60428 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 548167).

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.