Adolescent Specialized Foster Care

The Excellence Academy is designed to provide high-needs foster youth with supportive services like tutoring, counseling, and mentors, as well as support to help strengthen foster families, which helps foster youth achieve stability and success.

Date of Last Formal Update

07/20/2023

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211 Metro Chicago

Physical Address

5958 South Marshfield Avenue, Chicago, IL 60636

Hours

Mon 9:00am - 5:00pm; Tue 9:00am - 5:00pm; Wed 9:00am - 5:00pm; Thu 9:00am - 5:00pm; Fri 9:00am - 5:00pm;

Application process

Internal from FC program only

Eligibility

Youth ages 13-21, Parents, Caregivers.

Service area

Cook county, IL Dupage county, IL Lake county, IL Will county, IL

Agency info

Brightpoint (Formerly Children's Home & Aid)

Children's Home & Aid advances the well-being of children by investing in families to disrupt the systemic and multi-generational cycle of racial, social, and economic inequality.