Chicago · Licensed family home

Berry, Natasha S

What the state has found

The state cited rules at all 8 of its licensing inspections since January 2018.

Of the 183 Chicago-area family homes with 8 licensing inspections, 42% had rules cited at all 8, as this home did.

Licensing inspections

Aug 25, 20263 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(10)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120

Feb 19, 20269 citations

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(e)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)

  • Program

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(f)

5 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(n)(2)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)

Jan 30, 20255 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(k)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(10)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)

1 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)

Jan 6, 20234 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(3)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(2)

Dec 14, 20202 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(4)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)

Dec 19, 20193 citations

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(h)

Dec 27, 201811 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(e)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c)

  • Application for License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(1)(c)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(11)

7 more from this inspection

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(o)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(2)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(e)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(16)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(g)

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i)

Jan 25, 20182 citations

  • Provisions Pertaining to the License

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(i)

  • General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
August 25, 2026
On file
8 visits since January 2018 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was September 16, 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 25, 2026

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(10) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120 · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553546 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Feb 2026 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · February 19, 2026

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(e) through (n)(2) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(e) · 408.30(n)(2)

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(k) · Violation corrected

Program

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.85(f) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553546 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2025 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · January 30, 2025

Health, Medical Care and Safety

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(10) through (k) · Violation substantiated

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(10) · 408.30(k)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553546 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2023 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · January 6, 2023

Health, Medical Care and Safety

4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(2) · 408.70(a)(3) · 408.70(a)(4)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553546 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2020 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · December 14, 2020

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) through (4) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · 408.70(a)(4)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553546 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2019 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · December 19, 2019

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(h) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553546 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Dec 2018 Monitoring visit 11 findings

Monitoring visit · December 27, 2018

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(2) through (b)(11) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(a)(2) · 408.30(a)(16) · 408.30(b)(11)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(e) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(e) · 408.35(g) · 408.35(i)

Records and Reports

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c) through (o) · Violation corrected on site · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(c) · 408.120(e) · 408.120(o)

Application for License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.10(b)(1)(c) · Violation corrected

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(k) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553546 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jan 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · January 25, 2018

Provisions Pertaining to the License

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.20(i) · Violation corrected

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(j) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 553546 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

How they teach

Bilingual

“we teach and model English, Spanish and American Sign Language everyday to the children”

Who cares for your child

Ms. Natasha since 2008 and Natasha since 2017.

Of 5,339 Chicago-area providers, 26 publish how long a named staff member has been there; the longest tenure at each of those has a median of sixteen years.

A day here

Hours
7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week
Meals
Breakfast, morning snack, lunch, and afternoon snack served daily on a fixed schedule (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Outdoors
Scheduled outside play blocks each day, with indoor exercise as an alternative (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Sleep
Scheduled nap time in the early afternoon; newborns/infants nap on their own schedule (the brand’s policy for all its schools)

Details

7735438212

Website
berryspatch.net
Address
1750 N Natoma Ave
License
pending renewal application (rn)
Ages they serve
Newborns and Infants, Toddlers, Preschool
Established
2017

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Who cares for your child

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 9, 2026.

A day here

Details

Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.