Oswego · Licensed family home
Caldwell, Sharon D
A family home in Oswego, licensed for up to 8 children. The state cited something at 6 of 8 routine visits (Chicago-area family homes: about 4 in 5). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Mid-size home. 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.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 6 of 8 cited something
Across Chicago-area family homes, the state cites something at about 4 in 5 routine visits (16,457 visits).
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- July 23, 2025
- On file
- 8 visits since September 2012 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 6, 2023. 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 2023 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 6, 2023
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 500348 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · September 2, 2022
Health, Medical Care and Safety
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 500348 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2018 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · August 31, 2018
Records and Reports
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) through (c) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(3) · 408.120(c)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(i) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 500348 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2017 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · August 10, 2017
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · Violation corrected
Caregivers
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 500348 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2015 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · August 27, 2015
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 500348 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2012 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · September 19, 2012
Records and Reports
6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) through (l)(3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) · 408.120(i) · 408.120(k) · 408.120(l)(1) · 408.120(l)(2) · 408.120(l)(3)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 500348 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 6302478430
- Address
- 739 Spires Dr
- License
- license issued (il)
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All checked August 2026.
State record
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "CALDWELL, SHARON D" under Provider Name and 60543 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 500348).