Recruits and licenses homes for Traditional and Specialized foster care placement in the north-central counties of Illinois. Traditional foster care programs provide synergy between foster parents, biological parents, the court, social workers, and the child. Foster parents cooperate with the court set goals that ideally results in the return of the child to their family. If that is not possible, foster parents are asked to commit to permanency for the child. Specialized foster care programs work to meet the special needs of physically, behaviorally, and emotionally challenged children and the foster families serving them. This program works toward permanency by providing intensive case management, comprehensive mental health services along with medical, developmental, and educational service specific to the child's needs.