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Equipping You To Say Yes!

We give families a better option to foster by equipping them with the right tools and professional services to successfully say yes to children from hard places. We partner with families at every step for every challenge.

What is private foster care? It means that children placed into foster care are placed into our care rather than a DCFS supervised home. Further, it means that our professional staff conducts every step of the foster care process: we train our foster homes, conduct the licensing process, coordinate placement, supervise our homes, provide case planning and case management, as well as crisis support.

Why should you choose to foster through Connected? When you foster with Connected, you have a skilled worker who partners with you to care for the children placed in your care. As a foster parent, you have someone managing the case process for you and helping you navigate the challenges from decisions to behaviors.

As a private provider, we equip our homes with the following services:

Provides highest quality, trauma-informed training
Provides required annual CEU opportunities
Provides ongoing trauma-informed skills
Conducts complete Home Study Process for Licensing
Conducts Monthly Visits & Supervises Home
Conducts Licensing Quarterly Reviews & Annual License Renewal
Individual assessment for each child to develop a personalized plan of care to meet their physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual needs using the 5 Core Competencies of Care
Families assigned Connected Caseworker that conducts placement process, serves as point of contact between DCFS & family, attends staffings & court hearings, provides