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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.