Oswego · Licensed family home

Ricketts, Carissa A

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 5 of its 7 licensing inspections since April 2016.

Of the 224 Chicago-area family homes with 7 licensing inspections, 15% had rules cited at 5 of them, as this home did. 43% had rules cited at all 7.

Licensing inspections

Feb 19, 2025No rules cited
Feb 27, 2024No rules cited
Apr 20, 20233 citations

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)(1)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

Feb 26, 20212 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)

Feb 15, 20194 citations

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

Mar 2, 20186 citations

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)(1)

2 more from this inspection

  • Health, Medical Care and Safety

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)

  • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(h)

Apr 27, 20169 citations

  • Children Under 30 Months of Age

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.22(d)(2)

  • Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(h)

  • Records and Reports

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(s)

  • Activity Requirements

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.16(b)(8)

5 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(k)(7)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(21)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(24)

  • General Requirements for Day Care Homes

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
February 19, 2025
On file
7 visits since April 2016 — 2 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.

Feb 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
Feb 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
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.

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

Details

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Address
913 Jessamine Dr
License
license issued (il)

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All checked August 2026.

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

  • Phone, Address, License 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 3,345 licensed family homes hold. Small is 2 to 7; larger is 9 to 12.