ABC7 WLS Chicago News with Samantha Chatman
- Press
- June 2, 2025
During this live interview, Dr. Susan A. McConnell, Founder & Executive Director of Let It Be Us, discussed Let It Be Us, foster care and adoption, the Adoption Listing Service of Illinois, and more.
Let It Be Us Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Susan McConnell, appeared on ABC7 WLS Chicago in an interview by Samantha Chatman regarding the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) partnership with Let It Be Us. She is joined by Patrick Macellaio, Let It Be Us Board Member who was adopted at birth.
About Let It Be Us
Let It Be Us is an Illinois 501(c)3 and licensed child welfare agency. The mission of Let It Be Us is to provide collaborative, innovative solutions of effective recruitment and placement within Illinois foster care and adoption. The Let It Be Us platform manages the Adoption Listing Service of Illinois and the Heart Gallery of Illinois, engines of success for Illinois foster care adoptions. The Let It Be Us vision is for all children in the Illinois child welfare system to achieve educational equity, employment equity, and overall well being through the incorporation of Let It Be Us Programming into statewide advancements in foster care and adoption recruitment and placement. For more information about Let It Be Us, visit www.letitbeus.org.
