Since 1897, The Allendale Association has been serving children, youth, and families of Illinois and southern Wisconsin, as a licensed child welfare agency and healthcare provider. Allendale has evolved into a residential, educational and counseling organization for disadvantaged males and females, ages 7 to 21. The youth Allendale works with are in sincere need of help. Many of the youth who reside at Allendale have never known a secure, nurturing environment. Many have suffered sever and traumatic abuse, neglect or abandonment. Some of the youth suffer with mental illnesses. The Allendale Association provides youth with safe homes to live in, a school to learn in, and a chance to heal. Our trademarked model of therapy called Counter Response"! Training has become nationally recognized as a successful and innovative method of treating children and adults who suffer with behavioral disorders. Your help can provide guidance, affirmation, and a means of helping a troubled youth realize their potential.

Arden Shore provides a variety of community and residential services in Lake County, IL. Most services are available for both English speaking and Spanish speaking families. We have a traditional and relative foster care program which has the capacity to provide services to Spanish speaking or bilingual families. We are actively recruiting bilingual foster parents in the area and currently have two informational sessions scheduled to explain foster care needs to interested families. Arden Shore has two group homes, a bilingual intact family program for 50 families in Lake and McHenry County, and a DCFS funded program to assist foster care agencies and residential agencies to provide services to children and families in Spanish. This program enables foster care agencies to maintain the case without a Spanish speaking worker, but provides help with communication, visitation, therapy in Spanish and case management services at no cost to the agency. Arden Shore also provides office based and in home counseling in Spanish and English, domestic violence and truancy prevention family groups in Spanish, and in home, bilingual counseling, psychological testing and psychiatric services for any Latino children and adolescents with serious mental health issues who live in Lake County.

(North Region) Camelot Community Care is a national nonprofit Child Welfare Agency licensed by the State of Illinois, a member of the Child Care Association of Illinois, and is accredited by the Council on Accreditation. Camelot's current service array includes Foster Care Services at three levels of intensity with accompanying Case Management and Intensive In-Home Counseling. Camelot programs also include Adoption Services, Crisis Intervention, and service referral/coordination. Camelot Communities Care's mission is to develop and provide services, which enable children and families to realize their potential. All programs of Camelot Community Care can be tailored to meet the needs of the individual child and family. The agency also recruits, trains and licenses individuals and couples to be specialized foster parents.

Catholic Charities is a non-profit social service agency creating hope for members of all  religions. Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Rockford continues the ministry of Jesus in   faithfulness to the Magisterium of the Church. Our mission is to serve God's people for the common good with compassion, dignity and respect; to assist people in achieving a degree of independence consonant with their human dignity; and to work in solidarity with the Church and other people of good will in advocating for justice.

Children's Home + Aid saves children's lives, moves families forward, and goes where the need is greatest. Founded in 1883, Children's Home + Aid continues a mission of giving help, hope, and opportunity to children with a variety of emotional, physical, and behavioral needs. Each year we help more than 40,000 children and families in Illinois through a wide range of services like adoption, foster care, education, counseling, and child abuse prevention.

A private, nonprofit, and nonsectarian social service agency, Children's Home + Aid champions the welfare of children and their families and is recognized as a leader in providing quality services.

Kids Hope United is a private, human service organization dedicated to protecting children and strengthening families. We offer a diverse array of community-based programs and services, including child development, counseling, foster care and adoption. Our services impact more than 8,000 children and families across Illinois.

Kids Hope United believes that all children hold promise. We help bring them hope of a brighter future.

Established in 1865, Lawrence Hall Youth Services treats, educates and provides a home for severely emotionally disturbed and behaviorally disordered children. Children who have no place else to turn. Lawrence Hall is a critical link in the Illinois child welfare system, caring for over 1,200 children and their families, each year.

Life link is a multi-faceted health and human service organization providing quality programs and services to people of all generations, cultures, religions, genders and socio-economic status. We began as an orphanage and "old folks' home" in Bensenville, IL, caring for nine children and two elderly residents. Throughout this last century our programs have evolved, and as society's needs changed to meet the needs of the people we serve. We have also stayed true to the mission set forth by our 13 founders-to provide compassionate services to those in need. As we continue into our next 110 years of services, we will continue to impact the lives of the older adults, children and families we serve, and in turn impact the world around us.

http://www.littlecityadoptions.org

Theresa Moran

Little City Foundation provides services for children and adults with developmental challenges such as mental retardation, cerebral palsy, autism, Down syndrome, epilepsy, visual and hearing challenges and emotional disturbance. Services include housing, employment, recreation, foster care, adoption, home-based support, services coordination, media and studio arts, advocacy, and public education. Little City Foundation's Foster Care Program provides quality homes for children with special needs. Foster Families receive extensive and on-going training, frequent respite, considerable in-home support, and assistance in coordinating services for the child. Our professional staff works as a team with foster parents, biological families, and outside agencies to create a nurturing environment for the children in need.

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.

551 South Fourth Street
Aurora, IL 60505

630-896-2714

Natalie Hernandez

Lutheran Social Services of Illinois brings healing, justice and wholeness to children, individuals and families at more than 100 locations in Illinois. Through a wide variety of services, LSSI touches the lives of tens of thousands of people each year, restoring hope to people of all ages, races, religions and economic circumstances. For more than 135 years, LSSI has been meeting people where they are, understanding their needs and working with them to create lives of wholeness.

Our Children's Homestead is dedicated to assuring safe and secure homes for abused, neglected and troubled foster children. We believe that each child no matter what circumstances surround them deserves the chance to succeed. Our entire staff is dedicated to providing the services necessary for every child to have their dreams come true. Our staff, foster parents and volunteers all strive to live our mission of One Child One Dream.

UCAN is a human service organization that provides a variety of services and programming to youth and their families in and around the Chicago area. We have several traditional child welfare programs including a variety of foster care programs, independent and transitional living programs, residential treatment and a therapeutic day school that serves students from 1st grade through high school. Our foster care programs include traditional foster care, specialized foster care and foster care for medically complex youth. In addition, UCAN also has a variety of programs geared towards empowering young adults through job and intern opportunities, mentoring programs, educational and vocational services and advocacy. Our extensive outpatient clinical program provides a variety of therapeutic services to individuals and families. A major focus of our organization is working with clients exposed to trauma and violence as well as helping to break the cycles of abuse in families.