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Provides placement and casework services for children who have been removed from their birth families because of abuse or neglect. Provides training, licensing, and services for foster families.

Assists individuals in Illinois in becoming licensed foster parents. Also provides follow-up training for foster parents to help meet the various needs of their foster children.

Services provided:

-- LCFS team provides guidance and support through the foster care experience.

-- Health insurance for the children placed in a foster home.

-- Therapy, counseling, and academic counseling, and special education services when needed.

-- Training programs, support groups, and newsletters geared to foster families.

-- Monthly financial support for the foster child(ren's) basic needs, including food, clothing, and housing costs.

-- Funding for daycare, after-school care, and extracurricular activities including sports and art programs for eligible children in foster care.

Services

Therapeutic Foster Homes
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Foster Home Placement
Camelot Care Centers specializes in higher-level foster care for children and adolescents who may need extra support. For that reason, they partner with their foster parents/homes to provide trauma-informed care and additional services, including in-home counseling, telepsychiatry, and therapeutic mentoring.
The Emergency Foster Care provides wraparound services for Emergency Foster Care (EFC) homes when they take children in. While the EFC program is considered a temporary placement (approximately 30-60 days), the goal is to help stabilize children who have experienced inconsistent care. To that end, Shelter Inc provides two significant supports besides the child's case worker: a wraparound worker and a therapist dedicated to the EFC program.

Where it is in a child's best interest, the Department of Children and Family Services and the courts may place a foster child in the home of a willing and able relative who is not yet licensed as a foster home. The Department of Children and Family Services always attempts to locate a relative for foster care placement.

Provides temporary placement of children outside their home in private family homes that are licensed to provide foster care.
Provides temporary placement of children outside their home in private family homes that are licensed to provide foster care.
Serves children in need of safe alternative out-of-home placements through foster care until permanency can be attained through either reunification with the child's respective birth family or adoption.
Short- and long-term foster care provided to children of all ages in local licensed foster homes, including foster to adopt. Offers Child Welfare Case Management in the area of foster care of abused and neglected children.

Traditional Foster Care for children ages 0-18 whose families are unable or unwilling to meet the minimum standards of parents as defined by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).

Specialized Foster Care provides intensive services to behaviorally challenged children ages 3-18. Relative Foster Care allows children who need to be placed out of their home to be placed with relatives.

Aftercare Program is specially designed to assist children and their families upon their return home from living with a foster family.

Other services include foster parent recruitment, adoption conversions.

Services

Case/Care Management
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Home Placement
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Intensive Family Reunification Services

Assists individuals in Illinois in becoming licensed foster parents. Also provides follow-up training for foster parents to help meet the various needs of their foster children.

Services provided:

-- LCFS team provides guidance and support through the foster care experience.

-- Health insurance for the children placed in a foster home.

-- Therapy, counseling, and academic counseling, and special education services when needed.

-- Training programs, support groups, and newsletters geared to foster families.

-- Monthly financial support for the foster child(ren's) basic needs, including food, clothing, and housing costs.

-- Funding for daycare, after-school care, and extracurricular activities including sports and art programs for eligible children in foster care.

Services

Therapeutic Foster Homes
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Foster Home Placement
Children's Place Association matches children with loving and trained parents through adoption and foster care.
Program partnering with the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to provide specialized foster care to Illinois youth.

Assists individuals in Illinois in becoming licensed foster parents. Also provides follow-up training for foster parents to help meet the various needs of their foster children.

Services provided:

-- LCFS team provides guidance and support through the foster care experience.

-- Health insurance for the children placed in a foster home.

-- Therapy, counseling, and academic counseling, and special education services when needed.

-- Training programs, support groups, and newsletters geared to foster families.

-- Monthly financial support for the foster child(ren's) basic needs, including food, clothing, and housing costs.

-- Funding for daycare, after-school care, and extracurricular activities including sports and art programs for eligible children in foster care.

Services

Therapeutic Foster Homes
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Foster Home Placement

Provides placement and casework services for children who have been removed from their birth families because of abuse or neglect. Provides training, licensing, and services for foster families.

Assists individuals in Illinois in becoming licensed foster parents. Also provides follow-up training for foster parents to help meet the various needs of their foster children.

Services provided:

-- LCFS team provides guidance and support through the foster care experience.

-- Health insurance for the children placed in a foster home.

-- Therapy, counseling, and academic counseling, and special education services when needed.

-- Training programs, support groups, and newsletters geared to foster families.

-- Monthly financial support for the foster child(ren's) basic needs, including food, clothing, and housing costs.

-- Funding for daycare, after-school care, and extracurricular activities including sports and art programs for eligible children in foster care.

Services

Therapeutic Foster Homes
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Foster Home Placement

Traditional Foster Care for children ages 0-18 whose families are unable or unwilling to meet the minimum standards of parents as defined by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).

Specialized Foster Care provides intensive services to behaviorally challenged children ages 3-18. Relative Foster Care allows children who need to be placed out of their home to be placed with relatives.

Aftercare Program is specially designed to assist children and their families upon their return home from living with a foster family.

Other services include foster parent recruitment, adoption conversions.

Services

Case/Care Management
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Home Placement
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Intensive Family Reunification Services

Traditional Foster Care for children ages 0-18 whose families are unable or unwilling to meet the minimum standards of parents as defined by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).

Specialized Foster Care provides intensive services to behaviorally challenged children ages 3-18. Relative Foster Care allows children who need to be placed out of their home to be placed with relatives.

Aftercare Program is specially designed to assist children and their families upon their return home from living with a foster family.

Other services include foster parent recruitment, adoption conversions.

Services

Case/Care Management
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Home Placement
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Intensive Family Reunification Services
Children's Homestead services the more difficult foster care cases in DCFS. The children are placed into homes with foster parents who are trained and committed to provide care. The child is assigned a case worker who provides case management. The child is teamed with a licensed therapist who works with the child and foster parents to engage the child in programs like a therapeutic mentor program to overcome behavioral and socialization issues.

Assists individuals in Illinois in becoming licensed foster parents. Also provides follow-up training for foster parents to help meet the various needs of their foster children.

Services provided:

-- LCFS team provides guidance and support through the foster care experience.

-- Health insurance for the children placed in a foster home.

-- Therapy, counseling, and academic counseling, and special education services when needed.

-- Training programs, support groups, and newsletters geared to foster families.

-- Monthly financial support for the foster child(ren's) basic needs, including food, clothing, and housing costs.

-- Funding for daycare, after-school care, and extracurricular activities including sports and art programs for eligible children in foster care.

Services

Therapeutic Foster Homes
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Foster Home Placement

Placement with a non-relative who has become licensed with the agency.

Foster families are asked to identify their preference in age, race, gender, and special needs of the children they will be providing a foster care placement. The Center tries to find the best possible match for any foster children needing a home.

Services include Foster Care and Specialized Foster Care licensing and support.
Provides placement and casework services for children who have been removed from their birth families because of abuse or neglect.

Traditional Foster Care for children ages 0-18 whose families are unable or unwilling to meet the minimum standards of parents as defined by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).

Specialized Foster Care provides intensive services to behaviorally challenged children ages 3-18. Relative Foster Care allows children who need to be placed out of their home to be placed with relatives.

Aftercare Program is specially designed to assist children and their families upon their return home from living with a foster family.

Other services include foster parent recruitment, adoption conversions.

Services

Case/Care Management
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Home Placement
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Intensive Family Reunification Services
Short- and long-term foster care provided to children of all ages in local licensed foster homes, including foster to adopt. Offers Child Welfare Case Management in the area of foster care of abused and neglected children.