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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.

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

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

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

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

Recruits and licenses homes for Traditional and Specialized foster care placement in the north-central counties of Illinois.

Foster parents cooperate with the court to 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. Provides intensive case management, comprehensive mental health services along with medical, developmental, and educational service specific to the child's needs.

Services

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

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

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

Provides foster care programs designed to find safe, secure, and nurturing homes for children who cannot live with their families.

Services offered:
- Licensing, training, and becoming a foster parent.
- Stable foster placements for children and adolescents.
- Specialized care plans for youth with special needs (mental, behavioral, medical, and developmental).
- Independent living opportunity for older adolescents to transition from foster care to an independent lifestyle.
- Finding permanent solutions for children in foster care (returning to biological parents, kinship/guardianship, and adoption).

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.

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

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

Provides a home away from home for youth in care. Services provide intensive therapeutic, educational, recreational, and placement services for youth that have experienced trauma. Emergency Foster Care offers immediate therapeutic, supportive placement services for those in need of temporary care.

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

Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Therapeutic Foster Homes
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Foster Home Placement
Foster care and foster parents support with an emphasis on children with disabilities (though there are also children without disabilities in the program). Services include: · Foster home licensure. · Children's placements. · Case management. · Social work services. · Foster home training. · Respite Care. · Adoptions. · Family Support.
Foster Care programs are designed to find safe, secure, and nurturing homes for children who cannot live with their families. Services offered: - Licensing, training, and becoming a foster parent. - Stable foster placements for children and adolescents. - Specialized care plans for youth with special needs (mental, behavioral, medical, and developmental). - Independent living opportunity for older adolescents to transition from foster care to an independent lifestyle. - Finding permanent solutions for children in foster care (returning to biological parents, kinship/guardianship, and adoption).

Services

Foster Home Placement
Case/Care Management
Foster Home Licensing
Supervised Living for Older Youth
Therapeutic Foster Homes

Provides foster care and foster parents support with an emphasis on children with disabilities (though there are also children without disabilities in the program). Services include:

Foster home licensure.

Children's placements.

Case management.

Social work services.

Foster home training.

Respite Care.

Adoptions.

Family Support.

Services

Children's In Home Respite Care
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Home Placement
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Adoption Services
Therapeutic Foster Homes

Provides a home away from home for youth in care. Services provide intensive therapeutic, educational, recreational, and placement services for youth that have experienced trauma. Emergency Foster Care offers immediate therapeutic, supportive placement services for those in need of temporary care.

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.
Provides children and family programs, including: Early Head Start, early childhood services, parenting classes, autism and intellectual disabilities services, therapeutic foster care and adoption, teen health and wellness education, therapeutic intervention.

Services

Parenting Skills Classes
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Family Counseling
Autism Therapy
Therapeutic Foster Homes
Provides children and family programs, including: Early Head Start, early childhood services, parenting classes, autism and intellectual disabilities services, therapeutic foster care and adoption, teen health and wellness education, therapeutic intervention.

Services

Parenting Skills Classes
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Family Counseling
Autism Therapy
Therapeutic Foster Homes
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.
Provides children and family programs, including: Early Head Start, early childhood services, parenting classes, autism and intellectual disabilities services, therapeutic foster care and adoption, teen health and wellness education, therapeutic intervention.

Services

Parenting Skills Classes
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Family Counseling
Autism Therapy
Therapeutic Foster Homes

Specialized foster care helps children who have behavioral, mental health, or medical needs that can't adequately be maintained in a traditional foster placement. Specialized foster care can be with a relative or non-relative whom has become licensed with the agency.

Specialized foster placements are asked to take additional training to for children with more intensive needs. A general training will be offered initially by Family Service Center and then additional training will be offered on an ongoing basis specific to the child's needs.

Additional supports include:

-- Visits from the caseworker at least 3 times a month.

-- Counseling services for the child.

-- Behavior specialists who are on call and able to respond to crisis situations 7 days a week.

A larger monthly subsidy is provided to specialized foster parents to help address additional needs of the children. The agency will ask the foster family for preference regarding age, race, gender, and special needs of the children.

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.