News and Articles

Check out the WGN segment below spotlighting the commitment and dedication of foster parents› Read more

Starting Monday, November 16, the “I’m Doing Good” commercials will be airing on cable stations in Bloomington, Decatur, Pekin/Tazewell, and Rockford. The commercials will be shown on programs in 189,424 households. Stay tuned in Central Illinois for Chiketa, Ozzie, and Richard!

The Chicago Tribune spotlighted two Hephzibah families on Mother's Day!

Read the article here!

The Youth to Adulthood Partnership (YTAP) issue brief on youth aging out of the foster care system is now available on the Voices for Illinois Children's website.

Click here to read the brief and learn more about this important issue and YTAP's efforts to develop program and policy recommendations for older youth and young adults leaving the foster care system.

Susanne Loss, DCFS, & Larry Johnson, LSSI, were interviewed reagarding Prevent Child Abuse Month on the morning news for WSIL-TV3. To view their interview please click here.

Wednesday April 1, 2009
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Reception following presentation

Loyola Law Center
Ceremonial Courtroom, 10th Floor
25 E. Pearson Street, Chicago

Academy Award winning documentary filmmaker Vanessa Roth will discuss her work
advocating for children in the foster care system through her powerful films, Aging Out
and Taken In: The Lives of America's Foster Children. Ms. Roth will address the
ethical concerns surrounding her role as a filmmaker, social worker, and advocate when › Read more

How big of a village does it take to raise a child? For Richard, who was raised in foster care, it was a group home with several boys and two houseparents. Prior to that, it was a series of foster homes, where Richard admits he wasn't always easy to handle. But he says he learned something positive from each of them. When he was older, and his apartment was flooded, his houseparents let him come back for a week until he could find other housing. He was family.› Read more