Chicago · Licensed family home
James, Jennifer J
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 no rules at its 1 licensing inspection, in June 2026.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jun 2, 2026Nothing cited
The state cited no rules at this home's 1 inspection. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected once had rules cited: 73% of 304.
How all 304 Chicago-area family homes inspected once compare
Of the 304 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected once, whether that inspection cited a rule:
- No27%This home
- Yes73%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- June 2, 2026
- On file
- 1 visit, June 2026 — it cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
- Most serious
- Nothing was cited at any visit on file.
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.
Details
- Phone
- (312) 730-5131
- Address
- 7942 S Paulina St Apt 2, Chicago, 60620
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "JAMES, JENNIFER J" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 642922).
- 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 "JAMES, JENNIFER J" under Provider Name and 60620 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 642922).
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.