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Provides help for families to adopt children within the foster care system who are unable to return to their family of origin. A child placed in a foster home after six moths of care can become eligible for adoption. Families will receive the support of an Adoption Specialist who will help the family prepare for the transition. The adoption Specialist will also help the family identify any additional resources needed before adoption is completed.

Provide support to birth and adoptive parents, adopted persons, and families as they live, learn, and grow. Post-adoption therapists work with all members of birth and adoptive families at any life stage (regardless of where they were adopted), providing guidance to promote effective communication and improve interpersonal relationships.

Serves all Nebraska adoptive families - international, domestic infant, private, step-parent and foster adoptive families. Advocates for the special interests of adoptive families and connects families to one another. Six core services include Permanency Support Services, Respite Care Connections, Parent2Parent Network, Mental Health Connections, Training, and Support Groups and Family Activities.

Case management available for up to 180 days. Individualized family plan designed and implemented with the family's input.

Assists post adoptive and guardianship families in locating formal and informal respite providers and can provide financial assistance for respite services (limited). All families who receive financial respite assistance through the program will be asked to attend a training.

Mentoring in partnership with Nebraska Foster and Adoptive Parent Association (NFAPA) to assist in providing peer mentoring services to post adoptive and guardianship families.

Mental health services - locates and refers families to professional post adoption and guardianship providers.

Training opportunities that can support skill building on issues related to adoption.

Support groups and networks for families and youth where social networks can be created and peer support can be achieved.

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Respite Care Subsidies
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Adoption Services
Case/Care Management

Serves all Nebraska adoptive families - international, domestic infant, private, step-parent and foster adoptive families. Advocates for the special interests of adoptive families and connects families to one another. Six core services include Permanency Support Services, Respite Care Connections, Parent2Parent Network, Mental Health Connections, Training, and Support Groups and Family Activities.

Case management available for up to 180 days. Individualized family plan designed and implemented with the family's input.

Assists post adoptive and guardianship families in locating formal and informal respite providers and can provide financial assistance for respite services (limited). All families who receive financial respite assistance through the program will be asked to attend a training.

Mentoring in partnership with Nebraska Foster and Adoptive Parent Association (NFAPA) to assist in providing peer mentoring services to post adoptive and guardianship families.

Mental health services - locates and refers families to professional post adoption and guardianship providers.

Training opportunities that can support skill building on issues related to adoption.

Support groups and networks for families and youth where social networks can be created and peer support can be achieved.

Categories

Respite Care Subsidies
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Adoption Services
Case/Care Management

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.

Provides consultation, information and referral services at all stages of the adoption process, and placement services for prospective adoptive families.

We serve Expecting families looking to place a child for adoption, including from unplanned pregnancies or older children, prospective foster families, families looking to adopt children, including international adoptions and children with special needs and families that have already adopted children.

Provides a foster care program in Southern Illinois for children ages 21 and under. Services include monthly training and support, inclusion with child and family team meetings and care training.

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.

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Adoption Services
Pregnancy Counseling
Parenting Skills Classes
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Crisis Pregnancy Hotlines

Offers adoption services for families. Services may also include adoptive families who already have a prospective match or may have already received a placement of a child on their own. Once the family has made a decision the agency may assist in networking, or they may independently search on their own to locate a prospective match.

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.

Provides domestic, embryo and international adoption services.

Assists adoptive families with the process of adoption. Adoption specialists available to provide support and guidance before, during, and after adoptions.

Adoption programs:

-- Domestic Identified Adoption: Prospective adoptive families and birth parents connect with each other directly or through an intermediary. LCFS can provide guidance to the prospective adoptive families.

-- Interstate Adoption: LCFS can assist prospective adoptive families in Illinois who identify prospective birth parents in another state. LCFS can also assist prospective adoptive families living outside of Illinois who have located expectant parents living in Illinois who are considering an adoption plan.

-- Adopting Children in Care: LCFS can assist prospective adoptive parents who are interested in adopting youth in care who are waiting for adoptive families.

-- International (Home Study Only) Adoption: LCFS can complete a home study for Illinois prospective adoptive parents who are working with a Hague-accredited placing agency.

Adoption services include recruitment, screening, assessing, and case management provided to persons choosing to adopt an infant. Counseling and support are provided to birth mothers/fathers choosing to place a child for adoption, as well as post-adoptive services for those who are adopted, adoptive parents, and birth parents. This includes international and private adoptions.

Adoptive home assessments provide guidance to prospective adoptive parents and/or adoptive parents in Iowa and Illinois.

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Adoption Services
Adoptive Family Recruitment

Provides a licensed child placing agency, finding adoptive homes for both infants and special needs children.

Provides domestic, embryo and international adoption services.

Offers to support families with obtaining adoption.

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

Adoption Services
Pregnancy Counseling
Parenting Skills Classes
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Crisis Pregnancy Hotlines

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

Provides services to couples and singles in all three programs:

- Agency Assisted Adoption: Includes home study and collaborating with another agency to place through the partnering agency.

- General Domestic Adoption Program: Includes home study and placement of infants, also offer the Sayers Center program which seeks to find homes for African American babies and promote adoption awareness within the African American community.

- Intercountry Program: Includes home study and working with another agency internationally.

Provides guidance and support during periods of match and placement. Conducts post placement visits and reporting in accordance with the placing state or country's requirements.

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.

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

- Adoption: Offers relative and non-relative, second parent, stepparent, adult, and DCFS foster parent adoption services.

- Post Adoption: Families are connected with resources meant to aid in adoption preservation.

- Legal Custody: Helps to provide legal custody to caregivers, whether for a child or disabled adult.

- Guardianship: Helps to provide legal guardianship, which allows the caregiver to make decisions for the child in their care.

Categories

Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Guardianship Assistance
Adoption Legal Services
Adoption Services

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

Adoption Services
Pregnancy Counseling
Parenting Skills Classes
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Crisis Pregnancy Hotlines
Provides domestic, embryo and international adoption services.

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.

Provides domestic, embryo and international adoption services.