Oswego · Licensed center
Little Shepherd Preschool
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 27 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 8 of its 10 licensing inspections since October 2010.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Sep 20, 2024Nothing cited
- Jul 21, 2023Nothing cited
Sep 15, 20211 citation
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Aug 27, 20202 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Equipment and Materials
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(4)(i)
Sep 23, 20192 citations
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)
Sep 6, 20189 citations
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(e)
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(l)
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Equipment and Materials
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Aug 22, 20178 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(1)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(6)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Equipment and Materials
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(j)(6)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.
Oct 21, 20152 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(6)
Personnel Records
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(4)
Sep 26, 20113 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Equipment and Materials
Equipment and Materials
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.380(a)
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)(10)
Oct 25, 20104 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(h)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(d)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)
The state cited rules at 8 of this center's 10 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 10 or more times had rules cited at some but not all of theirs, as this center did: 78% of 868.
How all 868 Chicago-area centers inspected 10 or more times compare
Of the 868 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 10 or more times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- Some78%This center
- All22%
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
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, 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
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, 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
- (630) 554-3269
- Address
- 5 W Washington St, Oswego, 60543
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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 "LITTLE SHEPHERD PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60543 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 401587).
- 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 "LITTLE SHEPHERD PRESCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60543 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 401587).
Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.