Foster and Adoptive Parents Prepare for Back to School with 1 Credit Hour Workshop

Foster parents will receive 1 credit hour towards their license.

Join Let It Be Us and Be Strong Families for a Foster Parent Café designed for licensed foster parents. As the school year begins, take time to pause, reconnect, and recharge alongside fellow foster parents. Through guided conversation and shared experiences, you’ll explore what helps you stay grounded and resilient while building meaningful connections with others who understand the unique journey of foster parenting. 

• This event is free and open to all licensed foster and adoptive families in Illinois. Families will receive 1 credit hour towards their license.
• Access to this event is completely virtual, NO in-person options
• Registration for this event is required
• During the event, attendees will have the opportunity for question & answer
• If you have any questions, please contact Daisy Taylor at daisytaylor@letitbeus.org.

Foster Parent Café: Saved by the Bell

As the school year kicks off, join us for a fun, refreshing conversation about what helps you reset, recenter, and recharge. This Foster Parent Café is your chance to reconnect with yourself, your support system, and other foster parents. Let’s share what keeps us grounded and resilient as the routines return.

About Foster Parent Cafés:

Foster Parent Cafés are an opportunity for growth, connection, and shared learning. Using one-on-one and group conversations, the strengths and wisdom of foster parents are celebrated and harnessed to create healthier and happier families. Foster Parent Cafés are a powerful tool for strengthening the Protective Factors that contribute to family well-being. Through open and meaningful conversations, Foster Parent Cafés encourage caregivers to learn from one another’s experiences by sharing stories, challenges, and successes that help participants gain insights and practical advice. Foster Parent Cafés facilitate a sense of community and support among foster parents where they will form connections with others who understand the unique journey of parenting.            

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IMPORTANT: Continuing Education Credits and Certificates of Completion

All Be Strong Families events for foster parents are eligible for continuing education credits for Foster Parent license renewal. Certificates of completion are sent via email within 10-14 business days after an event takes place. If a participant has not received a certificate of completion for an event they attended, they can reach out to training@bestrongfamilies.net. Attendance forms from each month are sent to IDCFS at the beginning of the following month for processing of continuing education credits. If participants do not see their hours reflected in their DCFS training portal, they are encouraged to reach out to their assigned point of contact.

In order to register, the last four digits of your social security number are required for Training Credit Approval.

In order to fully participate, participants must join the event from a device that has access to a working microphone and camera.

About Let It Be Us

Let It Be Us manages adoption through foster care throughout the State of Illinois. To consider working with Let It Be Us, complete this form.