Foster Care/Adoption

Catholic Charities Diocese of Rockford

Catholic Charities provides a crisis pregnancy program and hotline, an Adolescent Outreach parenting/pregnancy program for Boone County residents, adoption services, parenting education, professional counseling and casework services for individuals and families experiencing social, emotional and interpersonal problems, school counseling for children in Catholic grade schools, outreach and emergency services, and immigration/refugee resettlement services including a bilingual outreach.

• Administration
• 555 Coleman Drive
• PO Box 7044
• Rockford, IL 61125
• (815) 399-4300

 

• Belvidere Location
• 521 S. State Street, Suite 2
• Belvidere, IL 61008
• (815) 544-5434

 

• Immigration and Refugee Services
• 6116 Mulford Village Drive, Suite 8
• Rockford, IL 61107
• (815) 399-1709

 

• Long Term Care Ombudsman Services
• 6116 Mulford Village Drive, Suite 9
• Rockford, IL 61107
• (815) 316-0040

 

• St. Elizabeth Community Center
• 1536 S. Main Street
• Rockford, IL 61102
• (815) 969-6526

 

http://catholiccharities.rockforddiocese.org

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Children’s Home and Aid of Illinois

Provides family centered counseling services for children and parents, including those involved in the child welfare system and foster care/adoption situations. These counseling services help improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and maximize the family well-being and academic achievement of these children. Also provides pregnancy and early parent counseling and support. Other services include adoption and foster care services, early childhood care (MotherHouse Crisis Nursery for ages 0-6) and education, residential services, and youth services. Most services are free to Medicaid-eligible children. M-F 8:45-5.

• Northern Region:
  910 2nd Avenue
  Rockford, IL 61104
• Phone: 815-962-1043

http://www.childrenshomeandaid.org

Evangelical Child&Family Agency

Foster care services.

• 5301 E. State St, Suite 124
  Rockford, IL 61108
• Phone: 815-229-3255
• Fax: 815-229-3256

http://www.evancfa.org

Illinois MENTOR Children’s Services

Illinois MENTOR’s Rockford office provides community-based services to children and adolescents with behavioral or emotional challenges and children with complex medical needs in the Northern Illinois counties. Services include: Therapeutic Foster Care, Medically Fragile Foster Care, Family Preservation/ Reunification, Wraparound Service, and Adoption Services

• 6701 Clinton Drive
  Loves Park, IL 61111
• Phone: “815-282-6153
• Fax: 815-282-7160

http://www.thementornetwork.com

Lutheran Social Services

Provides adoption services, foster care crisis intervention and counseling, pregnancy and parenting counseling/support services, and youth programs. The Adoption Preservation Program is open to all families with adopted children under the age of 18 and provides a stipend for hourly or overnight respite care. Parents must identify their own respite provider. Youth programs include tutoring and mentoring of children in K-8 in the RockfordPublicSchool District. No fees. Hours M-F 8:30-5, others by appointment.

• 321 W. State St.
  Rockford, IL 61101
• Phone: 815-969-8836

http://www.lssi.org/

LYDIA Home Association- Rockford

Lydia Home Association offers “Safe Families for Children” which assists families during times of crisis such as unemployment, eviction or homelessness, family medical crisis, pregnant teens, post partum depression, etc., preventing the need for children to be placed in foster care by offering temporary placement. Also offers LYDIA’s Residential Treatment Program for children and adolescents with severe behavioral problems, provides for counseling services, and has LYDIA Urban Academy in Rockford.

• 2323 South Sixth St., Suite 2
  Rockford, IL 61104
• Phone: 815-966-0039
• Fax: 815-965-3721

http://www.lydiahome.org

Our Children’s Homestead

Foster care services

• 483 N. Mulford Road, Suite 8
  Rockford IL 61107
• Phone: 815-316-7626
• Fax: 815-316-7652

http://www.ourchildrenshomestead.com