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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.