Oswego · Licensed center
Smart Beginnings Of Oswego Inc.
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 95 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 4 of its 5 licensing inspections since January 2025.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Aug 3, 20263 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(1)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(2)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(11)
Apr 23, 20265 citations
Program Requirements for All Ages
Program Requirements for All Ages
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(a)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(a)
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(a)
Staffing Structure
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(f)
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(b)(2)
- Jan 9, 2026Nothing cited
Aug 7, 20259 citations
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g)
Background Checks for Personnel
Background Checks for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110
Staffing Structure
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2)
Staffing Structure
Staffing Structure
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(3)
Grouping and Staffing
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(1)
Grouping and Staffing
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(2)
Grouping and Staffing
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(3)
Grouping and Staffing
Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(4)
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(a)
Jan 30, 20252 citations
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)
The state cited rules at 4 of this center's 5 inspections. Chicago-area centers inspected 5 times split: about a quarter had fewer, about a quarter the same, and about half more (127 centers).
How all 127 Chicago-area centers inspected 5 times compare
Of the 127 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 56%
- 2 of 56%
- 3 of 512%
- 4 of 528%This center
- All 547%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- August 3, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since January 2025 — 1 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was November 15, 2026. 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.
Aug 2026 Monitoring visit 3 findings
Monitoring visit · August 3, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(1) through (11) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(a)(1) · 407.100(a)(2) · 407.100(a)(11)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 637115 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 5 findings
Monitoring visit · April 23, 2026
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(a) · Violation corrected
Staffing Structure
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(f) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(b)(2) · Violation corrected
Program Requirements for All Ages
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.200(a) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 637115 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Aug 2025 Monitoring visit 9 findings
Monitoring visit · August 7, 2025
Grouping and Staffing
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(d)(1) · 407.190(d)(2) · 407.190(d)(3) · 407.190(d)(4)
Staffing Structure
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) through (3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · 407.90(a)(3)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.60(g) · Violation corrected
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(a) · Violation corrected
Background Checks for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 637115 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · January 30, 2025
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 637115 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (630) 453-7827
- Address
- 750 5th 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 "SMART BEGINNINGS OF OSWEGO INC." under Provider Name and 60543 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 637115).
- 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 "SMART BEGINNINGS OF OSWEGO INC." under Provider Name and 60543 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 637115).
Medium means the middle half of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 49 to 118 children. Small is 8 to 48; 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.