New Lenox · Licensed family home
Rafferty, Helen M
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 6 of its 9 licensing inspections since March 2010.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jan 21, 2026Nothing cited
- Apr 22, 2025Nothing cited
- Mar 27, 2024Nothing cited
Mar 1, 20191 citation
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
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
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(g)(1)
Mar 4, 20154 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(4)(b)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(5)
Mar 4, 20141 citation
School Age Children
School Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)(2)
Mar 1, 20131 citation
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
Mar 9, 20102 citations
School Age Children
School Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)(1)
School Age Children
School Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)(2)
The state cited rules at 6 of this home's 9 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 9 times had more: 83% of 126 had rules cited at 7 or more.
How all 126 Chicago-area family homes inspected 9 times compare
Of the 126 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 9 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 4 of 92%
- 5 of 96%
- 6 of 910%This home
- 7 of 917%
- 8 of 925%
- All 942%
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.
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.
Details
- Phone
- (815) 791-7093
- Address
- 583 Newcastle Rd, New Lenox, 60451
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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 "RAFFERTY, HELEN M" under Provider Name and 60451 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 390590).
- 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 "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 3,344 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.