WGN-TV’s “Spotlight Chicago”: Changing The Landscape Of Foster Care & Adoption
- Press
- May 3, 2024

Each year– thousands of children enter foster care in Illinois. And one local organization is on a mission to connect them with a stable, loving home. Let It Be Us is working toward a future where vulnerable children have the opportunities and resources they deserve –in belonging in a family. Susan McConnell and Elizabeth Felice join us with more on their 10-year anniversary.
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.