Why You Should Consider Becoming a Foster Parent Couple
For SOS Illinois Foster Parents, their career is not just a full-time job—it’s a full-time vocation. Foster Parents are the foundation of the SOS Illinois model, and they create a stable home life that aids children in overcoming difficult pasts, healing from trauma, and gaining in their dreams. While you are able to become a … Read More »Annual Meeting 2018: Building a Legacy
On December 5, we gathered at Drinker Biddle & Reath for our 2018 Annual Meeting to reflect on our accomplishments and celebrate how we as a community are building a legacy for children in foster care. 2018 Honorees In the company of our Board of Directors, staff, corporate partners, and supporters, we gather together each … Read More »End-of-the-Year Giving Guide
Your end-of-the-year giving to nonprofit organizations plays a vital role in their ability to touch more lives and create more opportunities for those in need. When you give to a nonprofit like SOS Children’s Villages Illinois, you’re providing opportunities that might not otherwise be there for the children in our care with your gifts of … Read More »Honoring Don Biernacki, SOS Illinois Board President
After four years of service at SOS Children’s Villages Illinois closing a bond deal, opening a Village, launching a capital campaign, closing in on building a new community center, all while continuing to ensure that every child in our care receives love in a safe and stable home environment, we wanted to take the opportunity … Read More »Part IV: Prevention and Permanency a Common Goal for SOS Illinois and the Family First Prevention Services Act
While preventing youth from becoming a part of the system cannot always be the case, before children enter foster care, it is the goal of the Family First Prevention Services Act to attempt to provide intervention services for the families of these at-risk youth in the hopes of correcting a situation without removal of the … Read More »Part III: SOS Illinois' Supportive Role in Education and Clinical Services
The Family First Prevention Services Act, passed in February 2018, focuses on establishing home-like environments for children in foster care. These communities are centered around licensed clinical staff in order to provide a place of healing and hope in a way that helps to break the cycle of youth entering the foster system. This is … Read More »A Community United: The Roosevelt Square Community Center Announcement
SOS Children’s Villages Illinois unveiled the final design and plans for the Roosevelt Square Community Center at a special announcement on Wednesday, October 24 at 13th Street and Blue Island Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. In attendance were corporate partners, Board Members, and staff in support of the project, which will serve the SOS Illinois Roosevelt … Read More »SOS Illinois Hosts DCFS Partners at Quest for Permanency Conference
The foster care system across the United States is taking great strides to reduce the length of time that children and teens spend in foster care. In Illinois, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has prioritized permanency – the state of a child or sibling group being placed with a forever home – … Read More »A Time to Remember Nonprofits During the Holidays: Giving Tuesday 2018
We are proud to be a part of Giving Tuesday, November 27, 2018. Join us on this day of giving. From the smallest towns to the biggest cities, people across cultures, boarders, and oceans will unite for the 6th year on #GivingTuesday. What is Giving Tuesday? You are probably familiar with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, … Read More »Part II: The Crucial Role of the Foster Parent (at SOS Illinois and Beyond) to the Family First Act
SOS Children’s Villages Illinois has a model of care that sets itself apart from all other Chicago foster care agencies because we offer entire communities for our children in foster care rather than just a single home. We believe in developing strong, solid foundations for the children in our care. Our devoted and loving Foster … Read More »