by Shelter Admin | Jun 16, 2025 | Foster Care Program
Every June, National Family Reunification Month honors the resilience of families and the professionals who support them. But beyond awareness and advocacy, it’s the real stories, full of heartbreak, hope, and healing, that remind us why this work matters. A recent...
by Shelter Admin | Dec 12, 2022 | 2024, Foster Care Program
Let It Be Us is Partnering with Shelter Inc. to Recruit Homes for the Emergency Foster Care Program Children in foster care face many challenges. One of the biggest challenges is the disruption they experience when they have to leave the home where they’ve been...
by Pat Cinquini | Sep 15, 2022 | 2024, Foster Care Program
Shelter is proud to announce a $2,000,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to partner with Let It Be Us for a new Emergency Foster Care Program. Being removed from their home, for whatever reason, is a traumatic time for a...
by Pat Cinquini | May 12, 2022 | Foster Care Program
May is National Foster Care Month, and this year’s theme is Relative and Kin Connections: Keeping Families Strong. Did you know Shelter’s Foster Care Program works to reunite families whenever it’s in the youth’s best interest and that our foster families may be...
by Pat Cinquini | May 11, 2021 | Foster Care Program
May being National Foster Care Month, I asked Erica Schultz, our Foster Care Licensing Specialist, what she would like to tell people about our programs. Two things immediately came to her mind. First, the goals of Shelter’s Foster Care Programs are different from...
by Pat Cinquini | Aug 17, 2020 | Emergency Group Homes, Features, Foster Care Program, Healthy Families, News
Our collective mental health is taking a hit every day as the world seems to head further into despair. We are bombarded with bad news and negativity from every direction, and our new normal has become a defensive position in a climate of crisis we believe is beyond...
