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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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

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