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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.

Categories

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

Out of home placement option for children and adolescents whose special needs hinder their success in a traditional foster care placement.

Offers 30 hours of training, in-service training, professional consultation, 24 hour on call support services, respite services for foster parents, and performance evaluations.

Foster parents are reimbursed for the child's basic needs, with an additional stipend for providing treatment.

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Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
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.

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Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Parenting Skills Classes
Adoptive Family Recruitment
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
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

Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Parenting Skills Classes
Adoptive Family Recruitment
Continuum of foster care for children including emergency, agency supported, and treatment. Foster families receive 24-hour support and assistance.

Categories

Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Homes for Dependent Children

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.

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

Provides temporary homes to children who cannot live with their biological parents due to abuse, neglect, or dependency. Caritas Family Solutions actively recruits community members for the purpose of providing safe and stable foster homes for children placed in foster care.

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.

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

Agency-based foster, fos-adoptive, kinship, and relative care.

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Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
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
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

Foster care services for children.

Foster parent recruitment in the Omaha, northern, and southwestern service areas of Nebraska. Foster parents can be married or single individuals who have an interest in helping children and families. Foster parents are provided initial and ongoing training to assist in providing care for their foster children, and are assigned a NOVA TC Foster Care Specialist who provides support through home visits and case management services. Foster Care Specialists are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Foster care to provide a family setting for children and youth who would otherwise be in a group home setting; emergency foster care also offered.

Foster parent recruitment, retention, and support services in conjunction with Lutheran Family Services.

Aftercare services for children who have aged out of foster care.

Categories

Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster care placements for children that are wards of the State of Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.

Foster parent recruiting, licensing, and support.

Categories

Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Foster Home Placement
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Provides training, resources, and professional guidance to earn a license to be a foster parent.
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
Recruitment, training and support of licensed and kinship/relative foster parents.

Out of home placement option for children and adolescents whose special needs hinder their success in a traditional foster care placement.

Offers 30 hours of training, in-service training, professional consultation, 24 hour on call support services, respite services for foster parents, and performance evaluations.

Foster parents are reimbursed for the child's basic needs, with an additional stipend for providing treatment.

Categories

Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Provides training, resources, and professional guidance to earn a license to be a foster parent.
Provides training, resources, and professional guidance to earn a license to be a foster parent.

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 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.

Categories

Therapeutic Foster Homes
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Foster Home Placement
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
Recruitment, training and support of licensed and kinship/relative foster parents.