Plainfield · Licensed family home
Watkins, Jennifer
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 4 of its 6 licensing inspections since June 2019.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jul 11, 2025Nothing cited
May 25, 20252 citations
Cooperation with the Department
Cooperation with the Department
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a)
Cooperation with the Department
Cooperation with the Department
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(b)
- Apr 15, 2024Nothing cited
Jul 28, 20236 citations
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(9)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20)
Jun 26, 20232 citations
Cooperation with the Department
Cooperation with the Department
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a)
Cooperation with the Department
Cooperation with the Department
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(b)
Jun 7, 20192 citations
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f)
Caregivers
Caregivers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(j)
The state cited rules at 4 of this home's 6 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times had more: 69% of 328 had rules cited at 5 or more.
How all 328 Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times compare
Of the 328 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 61%
- 2 of 64%
- 3 of 69%
- 4 of 616%This home
- 5 of 625%
- All 644%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- July 11, 2025
- On file
- 6 visits since June 2019 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was June 11, 2025. 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.
May 2025 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · May 25, 2025
Cooperation with the Department
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a) through (b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a) · 408.130(b)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 562687 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jul 2023 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · July 28, 2023
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20) through (b)(9) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(20) · 408.30(b)(9)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j) · Violation substantiated
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k) · Violation substantiated
Health, Medical Care and Safety
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · Violation substantiated
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(1) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 562687 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2023 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 26, 2023
Cooperation with the Department
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a) through (b) · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.130(a) · 408.130(b)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 562687 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jun 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · June 7, 2019
Caregivers
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) through (j) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.45(f) · 408.45(j)
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 562687 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (815) 909-0001
- Address
- 1701 Sierra Highlands Ct, Plainfield, 60586
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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 "WATKINS, JENNIFER" under Provider Name and 60586 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 562687).
- 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 "WATKINS, JENNIFER" under Provider Name and 60586 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 562687).
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.