{"id":841,"date":"2023-05-13T22:51:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T22:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilyouth.org\/?page_id=841"},"modified":"2023-07-19T01:44:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:44:40","slug":"child-welfare-services-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ilyouth.org\/home\/child-welfare-services-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Foster Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"841\" class=\"elementor elementor-841\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ef4d3ba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ef4d3ba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48d46597\" data-id=\"48d46597\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4665070a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4665070a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/ilyouth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/girls-children-friends-462072-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"girls, children, friends-462072.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilyouth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/girls-children-friends-462072-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ilyouth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/girls-children-friends-462072-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ilyouth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/girls-children-friends-462072-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ilyouth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/girls-children-friends-462072.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Foster Care<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Illinois Youth &amp; Family services assists the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) by providing care, supervision, housing, safety, and assist with a treatment and permanency plan for youth in need of immediate placement in Will County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of that effort, we provide specialized foster care placement services that reinforce the value of serving distressed youth in a well-coordinated system of care which is: seamless for the youth\/families; standardized in terms of multi-disciplinary assessment; outcome driven; cost effective; and collaborative in building upon a partnership the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) in sustaining quality specialized services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We provide specialized and LGBTQIA placement services for the child welfare population ages 0-18 in order to increase stability for youth that are\u00a0 in need of immediate placement; and provide children the opportunity to have a safe home, attend school and community outings\u00a0 while in foster care, engage with families; and enhance reunification and placement options and outcomes for youth.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our specialized placement(LGBTQIA youth services) services accept DCFS referrals for youth and adolescents in need of immediate placement, not limited to: LGBTQIA youth with medical conditions; conduct\/delinquent behavior disorders and learning disorders. These youth will learn skills from trained foster parents, therapists and other medical providers to help develop improved ability to function in foster homes, school, community and family living arrangements within birth, kin and adoptive environments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foster Care Illinois Youth &amp; Family services assists the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) by providing care, supervision, housing, safety, and assist with a treatment and permanency plan for youth in need of immediate placement in Will County. 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