Catholic Charities Foster Care program provides safe, nurturing and loving homes to children who can no longer live with their natural parents most often due to physical or sexual abuse. Services include training and licensing for foster parents, guidance and support for families providing homes for relative children and specialized programs for the foster care of children with significant emotional an behavioral issues. Catholic Charities Foster Care Program is licensed by DCFS and nationally accredited through COA.

Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois is a human service agency committed to providing high-quality social services responsive to the needs of children and families across Illinois. Founded in 1873, LCFS has been providing hope and help to the least among us for more than 130 years. Today, LCFS serves more than 40,000 individuals of all faiths, races and ethnic backgrounds each year through programs such as adoption, counseling, foster care, residential treatment and a variety of community services. Each year LCFS supervisors more than 700 foster children in homes throughout Illinois.