Westmont · Licensed family home
Lela, Karen
At a glance
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 5 of its 8 licensing inspections since February 2011.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Mar 12, 20261 citation
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a)
- Feb 19, 2025Nothing cited
- Mar 28, 2024Nothing cited
- Mar 15, 2023Nothing cited
Feb 1, 20184 citations
Number and Ages of Children Served
Number and Ages of Children Served
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(16)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(e)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(e)(2)
Mar 10, 20171 citation
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3)
Mar 27, 20151 citation
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
Feb 28, 20113 citations
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e)
The state cited rules at 5 of this home's 8 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 8 times had more: 80% of 184 had rules cited at 6 or more.
How all 184 Chicago-area family homes inspected 8 times compare
Of the 184 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 8 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 3 of 83%
- 4 of 85%
- 5 of 811%This home
- 6 of 818%
- 7 of 823%
- All 839%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- March 12, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since February 2011 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 23, 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.
Mar 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 12, 2026
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · February 1, 2018
Health, Medical Care and Safety
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(e)(1) through (2) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(e)(1) · 406.14(e)(2)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(16) · Violation corrected on site
Number and Ages of Children Served
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.13(b) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2017 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 10, 2017
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(3) · Violation corrected on site
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2015 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · March 27, 2015
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2011 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · February 28, 2011
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(e) · Violation corrected
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(t) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 427303 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (630) 391-0309
- Address
- 204 N Richmond Ave, Westmont, 60559
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LELA, KAREN" under Provider Name and 60559 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 427303).
- Ages on the license — Checked November 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "LELA, KAREN" under Provider Name and 60559 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 427303).
Mid-size means licensed for 8 children, the size at least half of Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes hold. Small is 2 to 7; larger is 9 to 12.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.