Our Impact

Imagine a world where all of God’s children have the opportunity for safe, healthy and meaningful lives. That is what LCFS is all about.

When you partner with LCFS, you partner with the second largest community-based provider of child welfare services in Illinois with a track record of strengthening more families than any other organization in the state, so foster children can safely return home. Learn how children and families are changing their lives every day with the assistance of LCFS programs and services.

During the past year, LCFS impacted thousands of lives:

1,940

children were cared for in loving LCFS foster families

441

youth in foster care found their forever families with 241 able to return to their families

74

children found their forever families through adoption

243

families faced their challenges and were strengthened through LCFS’ family-focused preventative services

362

parents strengthened their family interactions through Best Start for Families

449

youth and families were supported with counseling services

7,105

children and individuals visited Camp Wartburg for camp, retreats or outdoor education

51

expectant parents were counseled by our adoption team in making parenting decisions

46

youth in care received emergency shelter at Southern Thirty Adolescent Center

3,616

youth served through 360 Youth Services prevention education programs

119

youth served through 360 Youth Services counseling

92

youth served in Cornerstone Group Home, Emergency Shelter or Transitional Housing run by 360 Youth Services

Our Clients. Their Stories.

Be inspired by people telling their own stories of changing their lives for the better with the help of LCFS’ programs and services.

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