Adoption and Foster Care Information Fair – Chicago, Illinois – Let It Be Us
May 18 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Learn about the Illinois children in need of foster care and adoption through foster care. While we are recruiting parents for all children in need, this event will focus on children with special needs and those who are medically fragile. Please come and learn all of the support systems that are in place to help you help these children.
This town hall style event features foster care licensing agencies in and around Chicago, Illinois. We also feature a expert keynote speaker. Whether you have your foster care license, or not, this is a great way to learn how to start or continue your journey through foster parenting and learn about opportunities regarding foster care and foster care adoptions.
The Let It Be Us Adoption and Foster Care Information Fairs are funded in part through a gift from Howard & Howard Community Reinvestment Fund, which is funded by Howard & Howard employees and benefits communities in which Hoard & Howard offices are located.
Questions about the event may be directed to Susan McConnell, Founder and Executive Director of Let It Be Us, at SusanMcConnell@LetItBeUs.org.
The media is welcome and inquires are directed to Susan Stoga, Let It Be Us Board Member and Partner of Carson Stoga Communications, at Susan@CarsonStoga.com.
Becoming a foster parent and adoption from foster care is without cost and does not discriminate against age, income, marital status, gender or sexual orientation. Let It Be Us is a registered 501(c)(3) with the mission of adoption and education of children in Illinois foster care. Learn more at http://www.LetItBeUs.org.
Do you know about the Heart Gallery of Illinois? It is a photograph and story exhibit of Illinois children awaiting adoption. Visit the Heart Gallery of Illinois to learn more or to offer support.
FAQs
What is Let It Be Us?
Let It Be Us is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the misison of adoption and education of children in Illinois foster care. We work in a partnerhsip with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), and all of the licensing agencies in Illinois, and we are funded by grants and donations.
Why is a foster care license important if I only want to adopt?
In Illinois, you need to be a foster parent to a child for 6 months before you and adopt him or her. Therefore, the very first step in becoming a foster parent OR adopting from foster care is to obtain a foster care license. There is also a great need for people to be foster parents to children who may return home.
How many children are available for aodption in Illinois?
In Illinois there are approximately 18,000 children in foster care and 54% of them will never return home. There is a need of permanency for all of these children, adoption is just one form of permanency. The children available for adoption are all ages, stages and ethnicities.
Does it cost anything?
No! Adoption from foster care is without cost. Also, becoming a foster parent is without cost. And our event is without cost too.