Oswego · Licensed center
Little Shepherd Preschool
A center in Oswego, licensed for 27 children. The state cited something at 8 of 10 routine visits (Chicago-area centers: about 5 in 6). Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Small center. Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.
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: 8 of 10 cited something
Across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 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
- September 20, 2024
- On file
- 10 visits since October 2010 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 15, 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 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 15, 2021
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 401587 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · August 27, 2020
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(i) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 401587 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · September 23, 2019
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l) · Rule cited again
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 401587 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2018 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · September 6, 2018
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3)
Organization and Administration
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) through (l) · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e) · 407.70(l)
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected on site
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) · Violation corrected
Cited: CCASEC4
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 401587 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2017 Monitoring visit 8 findings
Monitoring visit · August 22, 2017
Personnel Records
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1) · 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · 407.100(c)(6)
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(6) · Violation corrected
Cited: FHSEC305
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 401587 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2015 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · October 21, 2015
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6) · Violation corrected
Personnel Records
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 401587 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Sep 2011 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · September 26, 2011
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10) · Violation corrected
Equipment and Materials
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 401587 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Oct 2010 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · October 25, 2010
Health Requirements for Children
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 401587 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- 6305543269
- Address
- 5 W Washington St
- License
- pending renewal application (rn)
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Sources and dates
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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 "LITTLE SHEPHERD PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60543 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 401587).