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Oswego · Licensed family home

Bern, Jacquelin M

At a glance

  • Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.

What to know

License: birth to 12 years (state).

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 3 of its 6 licensing inspections since October 2014.

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Licensing inspections

  • Sep 17, 2025Nothing cited
  • Sep 25, 2024Nothing cited
  • Aug 18, 2023Nothing cited
  • Aug 13, 20212 citations
    • Health, Medical Care and Safety
      • Health, Medical Care and Safety

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

    • Health, Medical Care and Safety
      • Health, Medical Care and Safety

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)

  • Aug 21, 201517 citations
    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)

    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

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

    • General Requirements for Day Care Homes
      • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(24)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(1)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(2)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(3)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(4)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(5)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(6)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a)

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(2)

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

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

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(4)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2)

  • Oct 1, 20145 citations
    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(3)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(4)

    • Records and Reports
      • Records and Reports

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(5)

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2)

The state cited rules at 3 of this home's 6 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times had more: 85% of 328 had rules cited at 4 or more.

How all 328 Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times compare

Of the 328 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • 1 of 61%
  • 2 of 64%
  • 3 of 69%This home
  • 4 of 616%
  • 5 of 625%
  • All 644%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
September 17, 2025
On file
6 visits since October 2014 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 12, 2021. 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.

Sep 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Sep 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Aug 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Aug 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · August 13, 2021

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) through (3) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 534166 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2015 Monitoring visit 17 findings

Monitoring visit · August 21, 2015

Records and Reports

8 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) through (e)(6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(a) · 406.24(d)(2) · 406.24(e)(1) · 406.24(e)(2) · 406.24(e)(3) · 406.24(e)(4) · 406.24(e)(5) · 406.24(e)(6)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)(a) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)(a) · 406.12(h)(1)(b) · 406.12(h)(1)(c) · 406.12(h)(2) · 406.12(h)(3) · 406.12(h)(4)

General Requirements for Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) through (24) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(24)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 534166 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2014 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · October 1, 2014

Records and Reports

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(2) · 406.24(d)(3) · 406.24(d)(4) · 406.24(d)(5)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 534166 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone
(630) 474-4062
Address
525 Secretariat Ln, Oswego, 60543

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BERN, JACQUELIN M" under Provider Name and 60543 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 534166).
  • License, 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 "BERN, JACQUELIN M" under Provider Name and 60543 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 534166).

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.

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