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Foster Parent Informational Meet
& Greet
Thursday, November 3, 2011
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
El Toro Restaurant, Gilbert Street, Danville
Vermilion County children need your help -
children who have been
abused, abandoned, and or neglected. In fact, at any given time, there
are more than 300 children who are wards of the court because their
parents or caregivers failed to meet their needs. These
children range in age from newborn to 18 and need to have people in
their lives who care and stand up for them. There are lots of
ways in this community that you can support children.
If
you have room in your home and hearts for a child or sibling group, we
urge you to consider becoming a foster or adoptive parent. Foster
parents provide shelter and support for the children in care, while
their parents work on building the skills and resources needed to be
reunited as a family. If the parents are unwilling or not
able to
make the necessary changes for the children to be returned home, they
can lose their parental rights. When this happens, the children
become eligible for adoption. Adoptive parents are concerned
and
loving individuals who are willing to embrace a child as their own.
Once an adoption is finalized, the adoptive parents enjoy all
the
same rights and responsibilities as a biological parent. Children of
all ages are in need of foster and adoptive homes.
Homes
willing to love and support large groups and school-age children are
greatly needed.
If bringing a child into your family is not right
for you at this time, there are many other important ways to support
children in the foster system. These include providing respite and
other supportive services for foster parents, tutoring children, or
becoming a child advocate. All of these services have a huge
impact
on the children they serve, and none of them are possible without
volunteers and community support.
Please contact any of the agencies listed below to start your work
supporting
Vermilion County's children.
Foster
Parenting & Adoption:
- Catholic
Charities,
Danville Office
"Love a child...change a life." Be a foster caregiver. Join the
dedicated community of licensed foster caregivers
with Catholic Charities to make a difference in the life of a child.
Requirements include completion of the following: PRIDE
training, a medical examination, background check, and home study. In
addition, foster caregivers must be at least 21 years of age.
- For more
information, call
217-443-1772.
- Website
- www.ccdop.org
- Department
of Children
and Family Services, Danville Office
What a Difference a Family Makes! Thousands of Illinois
families
have opened their hearts and homes to abused and neglected children by
becoming licensed foster families. Foster parents are married
or
single, already parenting or not, at least 21 years old, various
cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds.
- For more
information,
call 217-443-3200.
- Website
- www.state.il.us/dcfs
- Cunningham
Children's Home
- Cunningham Children's Home is a safe
place where children and adolescents with serious emotional and
behavioral disabilities can heal, learn, and grow. Founded in 1895,
today Cunningham offers residential treatment, specialized foster care,
independent living programs, and therapeutic special education to
children and adolescents ages 5-21.
- For more information, call
217-367-3728.
- Website
- www.cunninghamhome.org
- Lutheran
Social Services of Illinois
-
Step
Forward, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois would love to have you
become a foster parent. Must be 21 years of age or older,
willing
to give your love, heart, home, and time. Traditional,
medical/behavioral specialized and respite homes needed.
- For
more
information call 217-398-3011.
- Website
- www.lssi.org
Supporting Adoptive & Foster Families:
- Project
Success
- Support
for adoptive and foster families through Family Tree Adoption
Connections. Respite care, workshops, family outings,
educational
trainings.
- For more information call
217-446-3200.
Advocate,
Mentor, or Tutor Children:
CASA of
Vermilion County
CASA
stands for Court Appointed Special Advocate. We advocate for
children through trained volunteers that judges appoint to speak up for
the safety and well-being of abused and neglected children.
We
work to ensure that children who are in care receive the services and
support they need.
For more information, call 217-446-5975.
Website
- www.casavermilion.org
Project
Success
Project
Success has a tutoring program for students at risk of failing.
Paid tutors work with students to get them back on the
acedemic
track.
For more information call 217-446-3200.
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Vermilion County. All rights reserved.
CASA of Vermilion County 101 W
North St.,
Danville, IL 61832 Phone: 217-446-5975 Fax:
217-446-6018
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