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Serves families interested in adopting a legally free child.

Allows birth parents and adoptive parents to design an adoption plan that is in the best interest of the child, and recognizes the importance of the adoptive parents and birth parents developing an on-going relationship. Services include:

-- Counseling young women who are pregnant.

-- Adoption orientations.

-- Adoption home studies for domestic and international adoptions, as well as for special needs adoptions.

-- Post-placement supervision.

-- Finalization services.

-- Ongoing support groups.

-- Adoption searches.

Illinois foster care services are supported 24 hours a day. Training is required for foster parents at all levels of care, as well as annual continuing education to enhance skills.

Traditional foster care serves youth who have been determined to be abused, neglected, or dependent.

Relative foster care allows children who have been determined to be abused, neglected, or dependent to be placed in the home of a relative.

Specialized foster care is designed for youth who have significant behavioral, developmental, or emotional problems and who require more intense services and monitoring.

Categories

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

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Area Agencies on Aging
Adult In Home Respite Care
Children's In Home Respite Care
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Specialized Information and Referral
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Case/Care Management
Medicare Information/Counseling
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Homemaker Assistance
Home Delivered Meals

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.

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Area Agencies on Aging
Adult In Home Respite Care
Children's In Home Respite Care
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Specialized Information and Referral
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Case/Care Management
Medicare Information/Counseling
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Homemaker Assistance
Home Delivered Meals
Northeast Iowa Behavioral Health is a community mental health agency offering individual counseling and tele-health counseling settings. This organization provides services for clients with: AIDS/HIV, alzheimer's disease/dementia, anxiety disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder/ADD and ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, blindness, brain injuries, cancer, cerebral palsy, chronic/severe mental illness, chronic pain, co-occurring/mental health and substance use, deaf/hard of hearing, depression, developmental disabilities, diabetes, heart disease, learning disabilities, mood disorders, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, obsessive compulsive disorder/OCD, oppositional/defiant disorder, panic disorders, parkinson's disease, perinatal/postpartum depression, personality disorders, physical disabilities, post-traumatic stress disorder/PTSD, pregnancy/birth, reactive attachment disorder, schizophrenia, self-injury, and tourette's syndrome. Counseling topics include: abuse issues, adoption/foster care issues, aging issues, anger management issues, bereavement/grief issues, bullying issues, caregiver issues, cultural transition issues, death and dying issues, divorce issues, domestic violence issues, family planning issues, gambling addiction issues, gender identity issues, hoarding issues, human trafficking issues, internet addiction issues, juvenile delinquency, overspending issues, parenting issues, pre-marriage/marriage/divorce issues, relationship issues, reproductive issues, sexual/love addiction, sexual assault issues, sexual orientation issues, sexuality issues, spiritual/religious issues, suicide issues, terminal illness, and weight related issues. Therapy and supportive approaches service include: art therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, eye movement desensitization/reprocessing (EMDR), peer counseling, play therapy, and trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy.

Categories

Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Internet Addiction Counseling
Postadoption Counseling and Support
Parent Counseling
Child Abuse Counseling
Overspender Counseling
Sexual/Love Addiction Counseling
Geriatric Counseling
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Sexuality Counseling
Health/Disability Related Counseling
Premarital Counseling
Child Sexual Abuse Counseling
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Sexual Assault Counseling
Hoarding Counseling Programs
Cultural Transition Counseling
Sexual Orientation Counseling
Elder Abuse Counseling
Caregiver Counseling
Peer Counseling
Individual Counseling
Community Mental Health Agencies
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Marriage and Relationships Counseling
Bereavement and Grief Counseling
Anger Management
Preadoption Counseling and Support
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
Parent Abuse Counseling
Juvenile Delinquency Diversion Counseling
Spiritual/Religious Issues Counseling
Terminal Illness Counseling
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Divorce Counseling
Adult Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Counseling
General Counseling Services
Play Therapy
Human Trafficking Counseling
Suicide Counseling
Telemental Health
Gender Identity Counseling
Gambling Disorder Counseling
Northeast Iowa Behavioral Health is a community mental health agency offering individual counseling and tele-health counseling settings. This organization provides services for clients with: AIDS/HIV, alzheimer's disease/dementia, anxiety disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder/ADD and ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, blindness, brain injuries, cancer, cerebral palsy, chronic/severe mental illness, chronic pain, co-occurring/mental health and substance use, deaf/hard of hearing, depression, developmental disabilities, diabetes, heart disease, learning disabilities, mood disorders, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, obsessive compulsive disorder/OCD, oppositional/defiant disorder, panic disorders, parkinson's disease, perinatal/postpartum depression, personality disorders, physical disabilities, post-traumatic stress disorder/PTSD, pregnancy/birth, reactive attachment disorder, schizophrenia, self-injury, and tourette's syndrome. Counseling topics include: abuse issues, adoption/foster care issues, aging issues, anger management issues, bereavement/grief issues, bullying issues, caregiver issues, cultural transition issues, death and dying issues, divorce issues, domestic violence issues, family planning issues, gambling addiction issues, gender identity issues, hoarding issues, human trafficking issues, internet addiction issues, juvenile delinquency, overspending issues, parenting issues, pre-marriage/marriage/divorce issues, relationship issues, reproductive issues, sexual/love addiction, sexual assault issues, sexual orientation issues, sexuality issues, spiritual/religious issues, substance use issues, suicide issues, terminal illness, and weight related issues. Therapy and supportive approaches service include: art therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, eye movement desensitization/reprocessing (EMDR), peer counseling, play therapy, and trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy.

Categories

Internet Addiction Counseling
General Counseling Services
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Parent Abuse Counseling
Telemental Health
Child Abuse Counseling
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Peer Counseling
Sexual Orientation Counseling
Anger Management
Spiritual/Religious Issues Counseling
Gambling Disorder Counseling
Cultural Transition Counseling
Bereavement and Grief Counseling
Sexual/Love Addiction Counseling
Individual Counseling
Juvenile Delinquency Diversion Counseling
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
Play Therapy
Adult Child Sexual Abuse Survivor Counseling
Hoarding Counseling Programs
Caregiver Counseling
Overspender Counseling
Preadoption Counseling and Support
Premarital Counseling
Community Mental Health Agencies
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Child Sexual Abuse Counseling
Terminal Illness Counseling
Gender Identity Counseling
Sexual Assault Counseling
Parent Counseling
Marriage and Relationships Counseling
Geriatric Counseling
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Sexuality Counseling
Human Trafficking Counseling
Postadoption Counseling and Support
Suicide Counseling
Divorce Counseling
Elder Abuse Counseling
Health/Disability Related Counseling
Works with families and children in need of a safe and stable home. Home studies, support for foster and adoptive parents and relative caregivers, safety planning for families in crises, and life and parenting skills training are some of the services offered.

Categories

Parenting Skills Classes
Adoptive Family Recruitment
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Recruits and prepares adoptive families. Offers services for identified adoptions, foster care adoptions, and post placement services.

Provides contractual home studies for domestic and international adoptions.

Offers help for families to adopt American children, both with and without unique challenges. The children assisted are not only from Illinois, but they can also reside anywhere in the United States. OCH works with other agencies to assist with the matching process and to assess the needs of the child to determine whether the child and family make an appropriate match.

Provides accurate information on adoption, and lifelong support, so the family is successful in meeting the child's best interest by offering the following services and resources:

Provides free and confidential pregnancy counseling for families, every step of the way; before, during, and after the birth of the child.

Assistance with making an adoption plan or parenting plan.

Parenting education.

Support and education for baby's father on request.

Home studies for prospective adoptive parents.

Newborn care home for baby as a safe haven.

Categories

Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Crisis Pregnancy Hotlines
Adoption Services
Pregnancy Counseling
Parenting Skills Classes
Provides training, resources, and professional guidance to earn a license to be a foster parent.

Provides adoption services that include, home studies for adoptions and foster licensing, direct hospital placement adoptions, adoption seminars, support groups during adoption waiting period and adoption support for birth parents.

Categories

Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Adoption Services
Families First Counseling Services is a community mental health agency offering telemental health or office-based counseling, and behavioral and mental health services. Conjoint, family, and individual counseling settings are offered. Counseling topics include: abuse, adoption/foster care, aging, anger management, bereavement/grief, bullying, caregiver, death and dying, divorce, domestic violence, parenting, relationship, sexual orientation, and suicide issues. Additionally, counseling is offered for people dealing with mental health conditions such as anxiety disorders, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder / ADD and ADHD, bipolar disorder, chronic/severe mental illness, depression, mood disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, oppositional/defiant disorder, panic disorders, perinatal/postpartum depression, personality disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychiatric disorders, Reactive Attachment Disorder, schizophrenia, and self-injury. Supportive therapy includes play therapy.

Categories

Individual Counseling
Group Counseling
Postadoption Counseling and Support
Community Mental Health Agencies
Conjoint Counseling
Bereavement and Grief Counseling
Caregiver Counseling
Sexual Orientation Counseling
Anger Management
Child Abuse Counseling
General Counseling Services
Parent Counseling
Divorce Counseling
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
Family Counseling
Suicide Counseling
Preadoption Counseling and Support

Services are designed to support and strengthen the lives of adoptive parents, adult adopted persons, and birth parents by providing compassionate profiles, searches, and intermediary services.

Services include:

-- Individual and Family Counseling by request from anyone involved in an adoption plan made through Catholic Charities at any time.

-- Mutual consent registry.

-- Background histories and non-identifying profiles.

-- Post adoption search and intermediary service in the form of indirect and direct contact between interested parties.

Provides domestic, embryo and international adoption services.

Provides out-of-home placement for a wide range of youth, including young victims of abuse and neglect, emergency short term care, and youth with severe emotional and behavioral disorders. The goals for the youth in care are either reunification with family, guardianship or adoption, or independent living. Care is delivered in private homes with specially trained foster parents. Foster Care Specialists are responsible for coordinating various services while youth are in care. If required, the agency will provide additional therapeutic support to both the biological family and foster family, as well as the youth in care.

Categories

Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Therapeutic Foster Homes

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Categories

Area Agencies on Aging
Adult In Home Respite Care
Children's In Home Respite Care
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Specialized Information and Referral
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Case/Care Management
Medicare Information/Counseling
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Homemaker Assistance
Home Delivered Meals
Works in partnership with the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services to recruit and equip families to provide safe, caring, temporary care for a child while the birth family works towards reunification. Four Oaks serves all counties in Iowa.

Note: Inquiries about a specific child being placed in home should be made directly to HHS at (877) 364-1112.

Categories

Adoptive Family Recruitment
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment

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.

Provides one on one support, counseling, tools, and resources for caregivers of vulnerable adults. Includes support groups for grandparents and relatives raising children.

Categories

Caregiver Counseling
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups

Provides information and assistance to grandparents (or other relatives) raising grandchildren.

Services may include

- Needs assessment for both the grandparent and the grandchild(ren).
- Assistance in accessing services needed by the grandparent for the child.
- Include everything from pharmaceutical assistance to school clothes and supplies.
- Referrals are made for the child to agencies providing services that may be needed by the child (e.g., tutoring, counseling, etc.).

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.
Pre- and post-adoption counseling, education, support and resources to ensure lifelong success for both children and their families. Provides direct services through home studies and post placement reports for families adopting through Holt or another licensed agency including domestic home studies and embryo adoption home studies.