Oswego · Licensed family home
Ricketts, Carissa A
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 rules at 5 of its 8 licensing inspections since April 2016.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Mar 12, 2026Nothing cited
- Feb 19, 2025Nothing cited
- Feb 27, 2024Nothing cited
Apr 20, 20233 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)
Feb 26, 20212 citations
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
Feb 15, 20194 citations
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
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)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)
Mar 2, 20186 citations
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)
Apr 27, 20169 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(k)(7)
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)(21)
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(s)
Activity Requirements
Activity Requirements
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b)(8)
Children Under 30 Months of Age
Children Under 30 Months of Age
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(d)(2)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(h)
The state cited rules at 5 of this home's 8 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 8 times had more: 80% of 184 had rules cited at 6 or more.
How all 184 Chicago-area family homes inspected 8 times compare
Of the 184 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 8 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 3 of 83%
- 4 of 85%
- 5 of 811%This home
- 6 of 818%
- 7 of 823%
- All 839%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- March 12, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since April 2016 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was May 20, 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.
Apr 2023 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · April 20, 2023
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) through (h)(1) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · 406.12(h) · 406.12(h)(1)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 520219 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2021 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · February 26, 2021
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 520219 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Feb 2019 Monitoring visit 4 findings
Monitoring visit · February 15, 2019
Health, Medical Care and Safety
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 520219 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Mar 2018 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · March 2, 2018
Records and Reports
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b) through (f) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b) · 406.24(d)(1) · 406.24(e) · 406.24(f)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h) · Violation corrected
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 520219 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2016 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · April 27, 2016
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) through (k)(7) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(21) · 406.8(a)(24) · 406.8(k)(7)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(h) · Violation corrected
Activity Requirements
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b)(8) · Violation corrected
Children Under 30 Months of Age
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(d)(2) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(s) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 520219 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (630) 636-8426
- Address
- 913 Jessamine Dr, 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 "RICKETTS, CARISSA A" under Provider Name and 60543 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 520219).
- 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 "RICKETTS, CARISSA A" under Provider Name and 60543 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 520219).
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.