Child Welfare & Foster Care

Jane Addams Hull House Association has more than fifteen years of experience working with children in Illinois' child welfare system.  Our programs provide a comprehensive array of supportive services to hundreds of children and families each year.

Services are offered in the areas of foster care, transitional living, independent living, and child advocacy. We work in conjunction with agencies such as the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).

Programs:

Children's Advocacy Center of Southwest Cook County (CAC) - Aims to lesson the trauma a child faces during a sexual abuse investigation.

Ellen Gates Starr House & Kelley’s Home (Transitional Living Programs) - Provides support services to youth who are wards of the DCFS system.

Neighbor to Neighbor (Sibling Foster Care) - Works to keep large sibling groups together in stable foster placements.

New Directions (Independent Living) - Aims to secure housing for youths who are wards of DCFS.

Youth Connections (Adolescent Foster Care) - Provides youths with safe, stable structured home environments by utilizing a family-supported adolescent foster care program.