Be a part of a child's story
Have you ever thought about opening your heart and your home to a foster child? Each week, children in our Western Illinois area are in need of a safe and loving home. Chaddock is consistently rated as one of the top foster care agencies in the state of Illinois. Foster parents shape lives and in the process experience both the challenges and rewards that come with the task.
If you are married, single, male, female, young, old, with no children, grown children, children at home, living in town, on the farm, in a big house, or renting an apartment, Chaddock can help you take that next step to becoming the family a child needs.
Become a Foster Parent
Foster PRIDE classes are hosted by DCFS in the Quincy area. Participants must complete the total of 39 class hours which offer potential parents the opportunity to explore fostering possibilities. In addition to the classes, potential parents will be asked to fill out an application and everyone living in the home must receive a current physical. The state of Illinois requires that a criminal background check including fingerprints be run on all applicants. You will also be asked to supply references which will be contacted. The entire licensing and training process may take up to six months.
Completion of the foster parent licensing process does not require you to participate as a foster parent. If you find upon completion that foster parenting is not for you, you have the option to withdraw from the program at any time.
If you decide to accept a child into your home, Chaddock staff will work with you to find the child that best fits your family, and a family that best fits each child. Foster parents always have the final say on placement decisions.
Take the Next Step: Permanency
The ultimate goal of our foster care program is to provide a safe and loving home for children in need. Every effort is made to heal broken family units and return children to a secure and caring home with their birth parents. When this is not possible, we work to transition children into permanency.
When permanency becomes the next step and foster parents express a desire to make a child’s placement permanent, Chaddock facilitates foster care conversion adoptions.
Chaddock solely provides the contracted adoption conversions service through the Department of Children and Family Services and adheres to the rules and procedures outlined by the State of Illinois. Chaddock is licensed by the State of Illinois, as a Child Welfare Agency.
