Caritas Family Solutions

Foster care - foster care places children in homes on a temporary basis and provides counseling for a variety of Family issues. The program provides three types of out-of-home care, including fictive kinship foster care, traditional foster care, and specialized foster care for children with special emotional, behavioral, or medical needs.in fy 2023, 1,836 children were served through the hospitality of 1,516 foster homes; 592 new children entered the agency's foster care program; 469 children achieved permanency including 185 who were adopted. This program is primarily supported by the Illinois department of children and Family Services.

Community integrated living arrangements (cilas) - Caritas provides living arrangements for adults (age 18 or older) in a group home, Family home, or apartment where three to four unrelated adults with developmental disabilities live under the supervision of the community developmental Services agency. Quality programming and support is also provided to integrate residents into the community instead of housing them in state institutions. This program is primarily supported by the Illinois department of human Services.

St. john bosco children's center (sjbcc) - st. john bosco children's center in belleville, il provides a loving, caring, and structured home for up to 36 boys and girls, ages 6-18, who need to heal from extreme trauma. If their condition is too severe for them to be successful in foster care, we care for them personally at sjbcc. At the sjbcc, the children receive individual, group and Family therapy, as needed, so that they may become part of a loving Family. In fy 2023, 8,519 days of residential care were provided (24/7 care for an average of 23 children per day.) This program is primarily supported by the Illinois department of children and Family Services.

Intact Family - ensuring the safety and well-being of children in their own home helps to prevent them from entering foster care and keeps the Family intact. Families referred by the Illinois department of child and Family Services are provided with assistance to assess their strengths and needs, set goals, identify resources, learn new skills and change behaviors that put their children at risk. In fy 2023, 559 parents and children were served. of those served, 339 intact clients were children and 175 new children entered the intact program.

Senior community service employment program (scsep)- the senior community service employment program provides low-income persons, age 55 and over, the opportunity to prepare for and return to the labor force. Qualified seniors receive employment preparation, job search assistance, and a paid public service assignment that provides on-the-job training.

Fox river - this 30 unit apartment community provides meals, housekeeping, Social Services and other daily assistance to the elderly 60 years of age and older. Low to moderate-income people within this community receive this assistance through a contract with the Illinois department of aging.

Fontebella - Caritas offers a residential group home environment which provides therapeutic and supportive Services to pregnant or parenting foster care youth to support stabilization and/or reconnection to Family leading to successful permanency. Staff are trained on trauma-informed care methodologies that introduce building successful parenting skills, independence and individual stabilization. This program is supported by the Illinois department of children and Family Services

Emergency shelter - in fy 2023, Caritas opened an emergency shelter for youth in dcfs care, with ten available beds for these youth. The home operates 24/7 and accepts emergency placement for youth without a current appropriate placement, while the case management teams work to secure longer term placement arrangements. This is a contract with dcfs.

Adoption, counseling, and other - the organization promotes open adoption and works to match waiting families with birth parents who choose to make an adoption plan for their child. The organization employs professional counselors who provide confidential counseling Services to individuals, couples, families and groups.