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Illinois Foster Care Services | Bethany for Children & Families

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.

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Foster and Adoptive Training and Support | Four Oaks Family and Children’s Services

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.

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Foster Care Program | Lutheran Social Services of Illinois

Case management services to abused and neglected children who are placed in foster care.  Offers counseling for individuals and families in foster care.

Adoption Preservation

Intact Family Services works with families referred by DCFS to prevent entering foster care.

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Foster Care | Easterseals Joliet Region

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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Foster Care | Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois

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.

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Foster Care | Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois

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.

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Caregiver Recruitment | Brightpoint - Northern Region

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.

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Foster Care Services | Boys Town

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 and Adoptive Training and Support | Four Oaks Family and Children’s Services

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.

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Foster Care | Child Saving Institute

Orientation and services for families looking to become a prospective foster family.

Offers regular home visits from a dedicated Foster Care Specialist, training and connections with experienced foster parents, and 24-hour assistance from care professionals ready to help anytime.

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Foster Care | Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois

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.

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Foster Care | Guardian Light Family Services

Provides training, resources, and professional guidance to earn a license to be a foster parent.

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Foster Care | Brightpoint - Metropolitan Chicago Region

Recruits and licenses homes for traditional and specialized foster care placement.

Traditional foster care programs provide synergy between foster parents, biological parents, the court, social workers, and the child. 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; as well as the foster families serving them. This program works toward permanency by providing intensive case management and comprehensive mental health services, along with medical, developmental, and educational services.

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Foster and Adoptive Training and Support | Four Oaks Family and Children’s Services

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.

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Foster Care | Guardian Light Family Services

Provides training, resources, and professional guidance to earn a license to be a foster parent.

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Foster Care Services | Boys Town

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 Care | Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois

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.

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Foster Care | Guardian Light Family Services

Provides training, resources, and professional guidance to earn a license to be a foster parent.

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Foster Care Services | Building Blocks for Community Enrichment

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.

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Foster Care Program | Caritas Family Solutions

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.

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Foster and Adoptive Training and Support | Four Oaks Family and Children’s Services

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.

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Foster and Adoptive Training and Support | Four Oaks Family and Children’s Services

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.

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Foster Care | Guardian Light Family Services

Provides training, resources, and professional guidance to earn a license to be a foster parent.

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Youth and Family Services | Behavioral Health Specialists, Inc.

Foster care and emergency foster care.  Respite care for children in foster care or with natural parents.  Home studies for prospective foster and relative placements for children.

Family Support / Community Treatment Aide helps parents create a healthy and positive home environment.  Ensures  proper care, safety and guidance of children, creates alternative support systems, and achieves self-sufficiency.  Specialists usually meet with parent, youth or the entire family in their home, school or community setting to provide education, assistance, crisis intervention and support.

Parent Assist Service assists parents with 'at risk' youth by educating them on how to set rules, expectations and consequences and by providing them with information to additional resources.

Parent education classes.

Drug testing.

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Foster Parent Recruitment and Support | CEDARS

Recruitment, training and support of licensed and kinship/relative foster parents.

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